Introduction
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.
Background
Attar was born and raised in Baltimore City. 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. 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.