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Avram Mlotek
Avram Mlotek (Yiddish: אברהם מלאטעק, born 1987 in Manhattan, NY) is an American rabbi, social activist, cantor, writer, actor and slam poet. Mlotek is the co-founder of Base, a pluralistic home-centered outreach program, established in nine cities worldwide, predominantly for Jewish young adults.
Avram Mlotek was born in 1987, in Manhattan, NY. His father, Zalmen Mlotek, is the artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene; and his mother, Debra Cohen Mlotek is an occupational therapist. He is the grandson of Joseph Mlotek and Eleanor Mlotek. He grew up in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, and also in Teaneck, New Jersey. Mlotek's younger brother Elisha Mlotek is a filmmaker and founding member of the Hasidic jam band Zusha. Mlotek was influential in encouraging his younger brother to share his group's music with a wider audience
Mlotek received his BA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University in 2009. During his undergraduate career at Brandeis he contributed to organizations that addressed ethical issues as a Sorensen Fellow, in 2008. He received rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School in 2015. He also holds a Masters of Social Work from Fordham University.
In the course of his education Mlotek studied theatre at Sarah Lawrence College, Islamic Scriptures at Bergen Community College, cantorial music at Yeshiva University, Talmud at Yeshivat Hadar, theater education at City College, and clinical pastoral education at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
To combat the rise of antisemitism in the United States after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Mlotek travels to sites of various anti-Semitic events in an attempt to raise awareness against antisemitism and offer spiritual support and prayer for survivors and affected communities. He has published his experiences in Paris, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Manhattan in various news articles. Mlotek himself was a victim of antisemitism by a Farrakhan supporter on a subway train during his travels in Manhattan.
Mlotek announced in 2019 he would officiate same-gender civil marriage ceremonies for Jewish couples. Orthodox Judaism erusin and kiddushin (Orthodox Jewish marital rituals) precludes same-gender unions through kiddushin and Mlotek officiated a civil ceremony for a same-gender Jewish couple in 2020.
Mlotek advocates for greater inclusion of multi-faith families and other marginalized populations within Judaism.
On September 4, 2016, Mlotek co-officiated a wedding ceremony with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He used this public platform to advocate for greater gender equality within Orthodox Judaism, likening his cause to that of Justice Ginsburg who advocated on behalf of gender equality in the civil area; Mlotek claimed "privileged" men such as rabbis must advocate for equality between the genders within Orthodox Judaism.
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Avram Mlotek
Avram Mlotek (Yiddish: אברהם מלאטעק, born 1987 in Manhattan, NY) is an American rabbi, social activist, cantor, writer, actor and slam poet. Mlotek is the co-founder of Base, a pluralistic home-centered outreach program, established in nine cities worldwide, predominantly for Jewish young adults.
Avram Mlotek was born in 1987, in Manhattan, NY. His father, Zalmen Mlotek, is the artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene; and his mother, Debra Cohen Mlotek is an occupational therapist. He is the grandson of Joseph Mlotek and Eleanor Mlotek. He grew up in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, and also in Teaneck, New Jersey. Mlotek's younger brother Elisha Mlotek is a filmmaker and founding member of the Hasidic jam band Zusha. Mlotek was influential in encouraging his younger brother to share his group's music with a wider audience
Mlotek received his BA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University in 2009. During his undergraduate career at Brandeis he contributed to organizations that addressed ethical issues as a Sorensen Fellow, in 2008. He received rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School in 2015. He also holds a Masters of Social Work from Fordham University.
In the course of his education Mlotek studied theatre at Sarah Lawrence College, Islamic Scriptures at Bergen Community College, cantorial music at Yeshiva University, Talmud at Yeshivat Hadar, theater education at City College, and clinical pastoral education at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
To combat the rise of antisemitism in the United States after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Mlotek travels to sites of various anti-Semitic events in an attempt to raise awareness against antisemitism and offer spiritual support and prayer for survivors and affected communities. He has published his experiences in Paris, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Manhattan in various news articles. Mlotek himself was a victim of antisemitism by a Farrakhan supporter on a subway train during his travels in Manhattan.
Mlotek announced in 2019 he would officiate same-gender civil marriage ceremonies for Jewish couples. Orthodox Judaism erusin and kiddushin (Orthodox Jewish marital rituals) precludes same-gender unions through kiddushin and Mlotek officiated a civil ceremony for a same-gender Jewish couple in 2020.
Mlotek advocates for greater inclusion of multi-faith families and other marginalized populations within Judaism.
On September 4, 2016, Mlotek co-officiated a wedding ceremony with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He used this public platform to advocate for greater gender equality within Orthodox Judaism, likening his cause to that of Justice Ginsburg who advocated on behalf of gender equality in the civil area; Mlotek claimed "privileged" men such as rabbis must advocate for equality between the genders within Orthodox Judaism.