Analia Bortz

Analia Bortz
Personal
Born1967 (age 56–57)
ReligionJudaism
SpouseRabbi Mario Karpuj
Alma mater OR-ZSE, Hungary
OccupationRabbi and bio-ethicist Founder co-Director Center for Ethics, The Vatican-Universidad Abarvanel- Seminario Rabinico LatinoAmericano
SynagogueCongregation Or Hadash Founder Rabbi Emerita Congregation Or Hadash

Analia Bortz (born February 1967)[1] is a medical doctor with postdoctoral studies in bioethics. She became the first female Latin American rabbi when ordained in Jerusalem at the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano in 1994.[2][3] In 2003, she and her husband, Rabbi Mario Karpuj, founded Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs, Georgia. In 2018 Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz was chosen as 1 of the most influential women in the world by the BBC. In 2023 Rabbi Dr. Bortz became the Founding co-director at the Center for Ethics at the Vatican and the University Abarvanel- Seminario Rabinico LatinoAmericano. In February 2024 Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz launched the first Center for Ethics at the Vatican, in collaboration with Pope Francis, and Monseñor Vicenzo Paglia.

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  2. ^ "Rabinos Graduados". Seminario Rabínico. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ Zadoff, Efraim. "Argentina: Jewish Education". Jewish Women's Archive. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.