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Rabbi Daniel Kaiman (Courtesy via JTA)
April 9, 2026, 1:10 am
Jewish families and a rabbi ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school
Many local Jews, opposed to what would be country’s first such institution, claim school board can’t be trusted to vigorously defend state’s secular education laws
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on January 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (Screenshot via JTA)
March 26, 2026, 1:03 am
Supporters of Jewish charter school file lawsuit challenging ban in Oklahoma
Backers of proposed Ben Gamla School hope court proceeding will set stage for the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board discussed and rejected an application from the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation on February 9, 2026. (Screenshot via JTA)
March 14, 2026, 4:37 pm
Oklahoma attorney general slams ‘rigged’ vote on proposed Jewish charter school
In a motion this week, Gentner Drummond says the board ‘deliberately hobbled its own legal position’ by issuing a denial that strengthens the institution’s case in federal court
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board discussed and rejected an application from the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation on February 9, 2026. (Screenshot via JTA)
February 10, 2026, 7:23 pm
Backers of proposed Oklahoma Jewish charter school say they’ll sue to overturn state ban
Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation claims decision against publicly funding such religious institutions was unconstitutional, announces plans to take case to federal court
By Grace Gilson and Asaf Elia-Shalev
Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on Jan. 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (Screenshot via JTA)
January 15, 2026, 6:37 pm
Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Oklahoma Jewish charter school proposal
Senior figures from synagogues, day school, community groups say they oppose efforts by outside group to create what would be only religious school in country fully funded by taxpayers
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on January 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (Screenshot via JTA)
January 15, 2026, 6:47 am
Oklahoma board to vote on religious Jewish charter school, teeing up potential battle
The bid revives an unresolved Supreme Court dispute over church-state separation in public education, as some in the relatively small community question who the program would even serve
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
US. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan sits on a panel at the 2024 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Sacramento, California, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
May 1, 2025, 6:40 pm
Jewish US justice ponders publicly funded yeshivas in case of religious charter school
As Supreme Court seen set to extend state support to Oklahoma Catholic school, Elena Kagan asks if NY would have to fund ultra-Orthodox institutions that don’t teach English, math
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
A classroom at a Citizens of the World school in Los Angeles is seen in a promotional video produced by the charter network. (Screenshot via JTA)
November 10, 2023, 11:54 pm
LA charter school housed at synagogue tells 1st-graders about ‘genocide of Palestine’
After Jewish students return home distressed, teachers’ social media posts surface with anti-Israel rhetoric, praise for pupil who suggested Jews ‘find somewhere else to live’
By Andrew Lapin
KIPP charter schools co-founder Michael Feinberg. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 23, 2018, 8:07 pm
US charter school chain’s Jewish co-founder fired over sexual abuse claim
Michael Feinberg denies allegations he abused a minor female student, harassed two KIPP employees
By JTA
First graders learn Israeli dance at Hebrew Language Academy, a Brooklyn charter school that teaches Hebrew and Israeli culture, but not Judaism. (Ben Sales via JTA)
October 30, 2017, 8:57 am
A Hebrew charter school takes a not-so-Jewish trip to Israel
As a recipient of public funding, Brooklyn’s Hebrew Language Academy to avoid Jewish topics, instead focus on Israeli culture
By Ben Sales
Students at the Foxboro Regional Charter School in Massachusetts pose with a Holocaust-related mural in 2016, created through the school's Holocaust Stamps Project (Courtesy)
April 24, 2017, 5:47 pm
More than 9.2-million canceled stamps later, Holocaust postage project recognized in Boston
For 8 years, students at a Massachusetts charter school have collected stamps to learn about the Shoah — and push back on bullying
By Matt Lebovic
Students at the Harlem Hebrew Language Academy are immersed in a bilingual environment from the moment they walk through the doors -- even the kindergarteners. (Cathryn J. Prince/Times of Israel)
January 13, 2017, 5:09 am
The halls are alive with the sound of Hebrew
A national network of secular, bilingual immersion schools plans to open its 10th branch next year in South Brooklyn — and the student body is surprisingly diverse
By Cathryn J. Prince
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