WAUBridgeJonathan6337.xmlGuide to the Oral History Interview With Jonathan (Jon) Bridge March 10, 2020Bridge (Jonathan) Oral History InterviewSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2020 (Last modified: 11/6/2020)

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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections6337 (Accession No. 6337-001)Bridge, JonathanOral history interview with Jonathan (Jon) BridgeMarch 10, 20203 digital files (0.54 GB)Collection materials are in English.Oral history interview with Jon Bridge conducted by Nancy Blase on March 10, 2020.

Jonathan (Jon) Bridge was born and raised in Seattle. His grandfather had started Ben Bridge Jeweler and his father Herb Bridge continued to run the company. Prior to college, he was active in Temple De Hirsch including singing every Saturday in the choir lead by Sam Goldfarb. During his years at the University of Washington, he was a STAY tutor in the Seattle school system as well as in Navy ROTC. While serving in the Navy, partly during the Vietnam era, he earned his law degree and was based in many locations including Bremerton, Washington DC, a very short time in the W. Pacific, and even was part of a foreign naval exchange in Spain.

Until 2019, Jon was General Counsel for Ben Bridge and now is Counsel Emeritus. He has taught religious school and served on the Temple De Hirsch Sinai Board, as well as a leader in many other organizations.

Oral history interview with Jon Bridge conducted by Nancy Blase on March 10, 2020.

Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.

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Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.

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