Lia Bass

Lia Bass is a Brazilian-born American rabbi and the first Latin American female rabbi in the world.^[1] She is also Northern Virginia's first female Conservative rabbi and the first woman from Brazil to be ordained as a rabbi.^[2][3] She was born in Rio de Janeiro, and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York in 1994.^[4][5][6] In 2001 she became the rabbi of Congregation Etz Hayim in Arlington, Virginia.^[7] and served until 2020.^[8] In 2020 she founded and, as of Sept. 2022, runs the Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning & Innovation, based in Arlington, Virginia.^[9]

References

1. "A Message of Progress". Northern Virginia Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
2. Spark Experience. "A Taste of Brazil Flavors Passover". Jewish Food Experience.
3. "Rabbi". etzhayim. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
4. "Spring 2012 Letters". Archived from the original on September 27, 2013.
5. Spark Experience. "A Taste of Brazil Flavors and me Passover". Jewish Food Experience.
6. "Rabbi". etzhayim. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
7. "Rabbi". etzhayim. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
8. "About Us". Eitz Chayim. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
9. "Founder & Spiritual Leader – Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning & Innovation". Retrieved 9 September 2022.