Guidelines around menstruation and intimacy are a pillar of Jewish life that many same-sex couples refuse to abandon, even as they fear rejection by those running the ritual baths

'Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,' says pontiff in new documentary

Avram Mlotek says ceremony joining two men 'in sacred, covenantal relationship' was 'joyous, Jewish, spiritual, full of love,' similar to other events he has officiated at