Lia Bass
Lia Bass is a Brazilian-born American rabbi and the second 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] As of 2020, she founded and runs the Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning & Innovation, based in Rockville, Maryland.[8]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Founder & Spiritual Leader – Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning & Innovation". Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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