WAUFoxBernard5697.xml Guide to the Oral History Interview With Rabbi Bernie Fox 2003 Fox (Bernie) Oral History Interview Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2013 (Last modified: 4/13/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5697 (Accession No. 5697-001) Fox, Bernie (Rabbi) Oral history interview with Rabbi Bernie Fox 2003 2 audio cassettes and 1 transcript (0.11 cubic feet) Collection materials are in English. Oral history interview of headmaster of Northwest Yeshiva High School discussing his perceptions of the Seattle Jewish community, the school and issues he encountered as teacher and administrator of an orthodox school

Rabbi Bernie Fox was born in Pittsburgh and came to Seattle in 1980 to teach at the Northwest Yeshiva High School. He served as headmaster of the school from 1985-2016.

Oral history interview conducted in 2003 with Jerry Adatto. Rabbi Fox speaks of his perceptions of the Seattle Jewish community upon moving here in 1980, the history of the Northwest Yeshiva High School, and issues he's encountered as teacher and administrator of an orthodox Jewish school, particularly integration of girls in Torah courses. Also includes notes from Jerry Adatto's conversations with David Oppenheimer, David Balint, A.J. Maimon, and Rabbi Daniel Rosenthal to prepare for his interview with Rabbi Fox.

Listen to the audio recording and view the transcript of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.

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Bernard Fox, 10/20/2003.

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