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Laurel Javors (left) and Rafi Daugherty listen as another couple receives a civil union license in Denver in 2013 (Photo/JTA-Marc Piscotty-Getty Images)
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I’m an Orthodox rabbi, and I officiate at LGBTQ weddings

Rabbi Avram Mlotek by Rabbi Avram Mlotek and JTA July 18, 2019October 28, 2020

A queer friend of mine from a haredi Orthodox background had posed a query publicly on social media. She had attended a conference on LGBTQ inclusion. There she learned that […]

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