Dalya Attar
Dalya Attar is an American politician who currently serves in the Maryland House of Delegates. Delegate Attar represents the 41st Legislative District of the state of Maryland which is located in northwest Baltimore City.[1][2]
Dalya Attar | |
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| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 41st district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bilal Ali (D) |
| Constituency | Baltimore City |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Married |
| Children | Two children |
| Residence | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Alma mater | University of Baltimore, University of Maryland Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
Background
Attar was born and raised in Baltimore City in a working-class immigrant family. In 2011 she graduated from the University of Baltimore earning a Bachelor of Science degree. Three years later she finished the Francis King Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland, earning a juris doctorate. She is a Sephardi Orthodox Jew born to an Iranian-Jewish father and a Moroccan-Jewish mother. Attar is the first Orthodox Jew elected to the Maryland House of Delegates and the highest-ranking Orthodox Jewish woman in American history.[3][4] Along with Cheryl Kagan, Attar has co-sponsored legislation to help agunot women by preventing a husband from having a civil divorce unless they grant their wife a get.[5]
Notes
- "Members - Delegate Dalya Attar". mgaleg.maryland.gov. Maryland General Assembly. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- "Dalya Attar, Maryland State Delegate". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- Deutch, Gabby (March 9, 2020). "The Sephardi Democrat serving as Maryland's first Orthodox legislator". Jewish Insider. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- Rabbi Shraga Simmons (January 4, 2020). "The Highest-Ranking Elected Orthodox Jewish Woman in U.S. History". Aish HaTorah. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan (January 7, 2020). "2020 is the year Maryland will finally help 'chained' Jewish women". Washington Jewish Week. Retrieved March 21, 2020.