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.
On September 4, 2016, Mlotek co-officiated a wedding ceremony with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
[30] In March 2021, at the behest of his former college professor, Mlotek, along with several other Jewish scholars held private sessions with known sexual abuser Steven M. Cohen.
These private meetings were condemned by the Association of Jewish Studies Women's Caucus raising concerns about the potential for re-victimization of survivors of sexual abuse by Cohen.
[36] In April 2020 during COVID-19, Mlotek organized The Third Seder, An Online International Celebration of Yiddish Culture which featured some of the leading Klezmer performing artists in a benefit program for The United Community Services of Westchester.
[49] Mlotek performed for several Klezmer CDs including The Klezmatics,[50] Oy Vey Chanukah for Kids,[51] Di Grine Katchke,[52] and others.