Lia Bass
Latin American female rabbi
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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]
Lia Bass | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Jewish Theological Seminary of America |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Conservative Judaism |
Early life and education
She was born in Rio de Janeiro.[1] She was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York in 1994.[4][2][3]
Bass speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English and Hebrew.[1]
Career
In 2001, she became the rabbi of Congregation Etz Hayim in Arlington, Virginia,[1][3] serving until 2020.[5] In 2020 she founded and, as of Sept. 2022, runs the Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning & Innovation, based in Arlington, Virginia.[6]
