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Yeshivat Chovevei Torah

Rabbi Tadhg Cleary
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In a first, Orthodox rabbinical school ordains an out gay rabbi

Louis Keene by Louis Keene August 13, 2025August 13, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The leading liberal Orthodox rabbinical school quietly ordained an […]

Bat Sheva Marcus, the Orthodox sex therapist, is a co-founder and former board chair of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. (Screenshot via YouTube)
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Bat Sheva Marcus resigns from liberal Orthodox seminary board in wake of harassment allegations

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
two young white men in rainbow tallits exchange rings
Posted inReligion

A small but growing number of Orthodox rabbis are officiating same-sex weddings

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 28, 2020January 14, 2022
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)
Posted inFirst Person

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

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