Analia Bortz became the first female rabbi ordained in Argentina at the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano Marshall T. Meyer in 1994.[1][2] She was a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute, and she and her husband Rabbi Mario Karpuj founded Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs, Georgia.[3]
She wrote for The Women's Haftarah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot (2008), edited by Elyse Goldstein.[4] She also wrote the book The Voice of Silence: A Rabbi’s Journey into a Trappist Monastery and Other Contemplation (2017), which is about her silent retreat at the Christian monastery called Monastery of the Holy Spirit.[5] She went there after having vocal cord strain and polyps, and being advised to stop speaking for a long time.[6]
She is also a doctor, and the founder of Hope for Seeds, a group for women suffering from infertility and sterility.[7]
References
- ^ "Rabinos Graduados". Seminario Rabínico. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ^ "Argentina: Jewish Education | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ^ Congregation Or Hadash
- ^ https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Women_s_Haftarah_Commentary.html?id=dwAt_3_ybmIC
- ^ https://www.reporternewspapers.net/2017/12/18/rabbis-book-recalls-silent-retreat-christian-monastery/
- ^ https://www.reporternewspapers.net/2017/12/18/rabbis-book-recalls-silent-retreat-christian-monastery/
- ^ https://www.or-hadash.org/about-us/our-rabbis-and-staff