Analia Bortz

Analia Bortz became the first female LatinAmerican rabbi ordained in Jerusalem at the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano in 1994.[1][2] She is 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 Torah Commentary" and 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 is the author of 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.[5]


Bortz is a medical doctor, Universidad Buenos Aires- 1990, the founder of Hope for Seeds, a group for women suffering from infertility and sterility.[3]

A vocal activist as a combatant of anti-Semitism has spoken twice at the UN (2015 and 2016)

As a Bioethicist, Dr. Bortz has helped created Bioethics Committees in Chile and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Bortz founded Hope for Seeds, couples struggling with infertility and sterility.

Rabbi Analia is a Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, graduated in 2007.

Analia is an active member of JScreen advocating for research and prophylaxis of genetic disorders with more incidences in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.

Rabbi Dr. Bortz is the founder of “Hope for Seeds”. Women struggling with infertility and serves as a board counseling member of the Atlanta Jewish Fertility Foundation.

She is the co-founder of "BaKeN (in the Nest): "בריאות-קהילה-נפש" an initiative to create positive and loving enforcement for those with mental health illness and for caregivers who support them. Combating the societal stigmatization of mental illness.

Rabbi Dr. Bortz is a graduate and facilitator of the Center for Compassionate Integrity and Secular Ethics at Life University-2017.

Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz is a doctorate candidate at HUC-JIR, Cincinatti-Los Angeles.

Rabbi Bortz has been a judge for the National Council of Jewish Books (Annual Awards of Jewish Book in the History & Zionism category).

Rabbi Dr. Bortz is a Rabbinic Advisory Board member of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and North America.

Former Board member of FIDF SouthEast Region.

Board member of JNF Southeast Region.

An alumna of African American- Jewish Coalition.

Delegate of BEINGS (BIOTECH and Ethical Imagination) 2015, Emory University.

Rabbi Bortz is a faculty member of the Florence Melton Adult School, a project of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Rabbi Dr. Bortz is a Board member of Interfaith Children's Movement.

Dr. Bortz has been a National Council Board at AIPAC.

Dr. Bortz is the recipient of YWCA Women of Achievement award 2011 for her work on infertility.

Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz has been nominated as Jewish Hero of the year 2011-5772    Rabbi Bortz was featured as “15 American Rabbis You Should Know About” https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/184235/rabbis-you-should-know

Other publications: "Theologia: Jutzpa?"http://majshavot.org/includes/uploads/articulos/82c48-rta.-anali_a-bortz.pdf

Author of “En la búsqueda Permanente de la Respuesta Divina” “Permanent seekers of God’s Answers: Struggles with Bioethical quests”, Majshavot 2013

Author of Text Messages Parashat Nitzavim. Jewish Lights 2012

Author of “The Voice of Silence, A Rabbi’s Journey into a Trappist Monastery and Other Contemplations” Westbow-Nelson Publishing 2017. Author of “The Voice of Silence, A Rabbi’s Journey into a Trappist Monastery and Other Contemplations” Westbow-Nelson Publishing, 2017.

Trial on Eve. Is the Bible of misogynistic text? Academia.edu, 2017

Contextualizing the Book of Judges. History and Historiography through male and female lenses Academia.edu, 2018


References

  1. ↑ "Rabinos Graduados". Seminario Rabínico. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  2. ↑ "Argentina: Jewish Education | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  3. 1 2 "Rabbis, Staff and Board". Or-hadash.org. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  4. ↑ "The Women's Haftarah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 ... - Google Books". Books.google.com. 2004-02-01. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  5. 1 2 "Rabbi's book recalls her silent retreat at a Christian monastery". Reporter Newspapers. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
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