Nationality USA Spouse(s) Vicki Reikes Fox | Occupation Rabbi | |
Steven A. Fox is an American Reform rabbi. He is Chief Executive Officer of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the largest and oldest rabbinical organization in North America.
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Early life and education
Fox was born in Southern California to David and Senta Fox. He attended Temple Beth Tikvah, where he served as youth group president. He was later president of the Southern California Federation of Temple Youth. He graduated from Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California in 1972. He received a B.A. from California State University in 1975 and an M.A. from Hebrew Union College in 1978.
Career
He was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1980. His early rabbinic assignments included service at Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts and Temple Isaiah in Lexington, Massachusetts. He later served as an adjunct rabbi of Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles.
Rabbi Fox earned his Juris Doctor degree at Northeastern University in 1985 and was an attorney and managing partner in a Los Angeles based law firm. Rabbi Fox advised religious and secular non-profits, rabbis and cantors, congregations and other Jewish organizations on a variety of issues.
In 2006 Fox was appointed Executive Vice President of CCAR. His title was later changed to Chief Executive Officer.
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Personal
Fox is married to Vicki Reikes Fox and they have two grown children.