Lia Bass Explained

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 Conservativerabbi 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Message of Progress. Northern Virginia Magazine. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019130837/http://www.northernvirginiamag.com/family/family-features/2009/12/23/message-of-progress/. 2013-10-19.
  2. Web site: A Taste of Brazil Flavors Passover. Spark Experience. Jewish Food Experience.
  3. Web site: Rabbi. etzhayim. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019104659/http://etzhayim.net/Rabbi.html. 2013-10-19.
  4. Web site: Spring 2012 Letters . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927161747/http://www.cjvoices.org/submissions/letters-to-the-editor/spring-2012-letters/ . September 27, 2013 .
  5. Web site: A Taste of Brazil Flavors and me Passover. Spark Experience. Jewish Food Experience.
  6. Web site: Rabbi. etzhayim. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019104659/http://etzhayim.net/Rabbi.html. 2013-10-19.
  7. Web site: Rabbi. etzhayim. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019104659/http://etzhayim.net/Rabbi.html. 2013-10-19.
  8. Web site: About Us . Eitz Chayim . 9 September 2022.
  9. Web site: Founder & Spiritual Leader – Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning & Innovation. 9 September 2022.

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