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]
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]