Avram Mlotek, at The Blogs

Jun 6, 2021, 2:23 PM

How a ‘wokestorm’ is misleading a generation about Israel

At a pro-Palestinian march on Milwaukee's Bradford Beach, protesters conflate the movement to end police brutality with calls to "free Palestine," May 18, 2021. (Joe Brusky/Flickr Commons)

If the 'woke community' really sought to awaken, it would realize that Jew-hatred is the oldest of hatreds. Apparently, Jewish blood is still cheap

Apr 6, 2019, 11:05 PM

I’m an Orthodox rabbi who is going to start officiating LGBTQ weddings. Here’s why.

Laurel Javors, left, and Rafi Daugherty listen as another couple is issued a civil union license at a midnight ceremony in the Denver Office of the Clerk and Recorder, May 1, 2013. (Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

We must welcome couples who choose to live Jewish lives, build a Jewish home and raise Jewish children

Oct 25, 2017, 3:25 PM

My 5-year-old confronts death

Kveller via JTA — We pulled up to the funeral parlor and our 5-year-old, Ravi, skipped along the stairs. My partner, Yael, and I exchanged glances. We had wondered when was early enough to bring Ravi to her first funeral, but with her cousins in...

About Me

Rabbi Avram Mlotek was named one of America's Most Inspiring Rabbis by the Forward in May 2016 and is a founder of Base Hillel, a home focused rabbinic ministry now in ten cities worldwide. He is the author of "Why Jews Do That or 30 Questions Your Rabbi Never Answered."