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