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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
The Tulsa Marching Band performs before an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, September 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
February 8, 2026, 3:19 am
Y’alla Oklahoma: As antisemitism surges, Tulsa Jews invite Canadians to join them
A new program bringing potential immigrants to the Bible Belt city is finding unexpected interest from a northern neighbor’s Jewish community battered by discrimination and economic woes
By Luke Tress
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
Supporters hold signs as they gather outside the US Supreme Court on April 30, 2025, ahead of oral arguments in St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond and Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board v. Drummond cases. (ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
November 22, 2025, 12:01 pm
Jewish school becomes battleground in US ‘church-state separation’ legal challenge
Oklahoma Jewish leaders concerned that nationwide legal campaign is being waged through their community, with school foundation funding application that is expected to be rejected
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 1, 2014. (JTA/Kiddo27 via Wikimedia Commons)
November 23, 2024, 8:42 am
Tulsa Jewish museum holds funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art buries unidentified remains of several victims from the Auschwitz and Dachau camps
By Andrew Lapin
Israeli runners Adisu Guadie, left, and Sivan Auerbach, right, run for Oklahoma State. (Mason Harbour/Run4okstate)
May 31, 2024, 3:23 pm
These Israeli track runners at Oklahoma State are quick to defend their homeland
Representing the Jewish state from afar as fallout from Oct. 7 continues at home and abroad, Adisu Guadie and Sivan Auerbach report a warm welcome in their new surroundings
By Diana Bletter
A swastika cut into the grass outside the home of an Oklahoma City man. (Screen capture: KOCO News 5 ABC; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 8, 2023, 9:58 pm
Swastika cut into grass outside Oklahoma City man’s home
Stan Sells, who isn’t Jewish, says he believes neighbor with whom he’s had a long-running dispute is responsible for hate symbol
By Ken Miller
Republican nominee for Arizona governor Kari Lake speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, August 6, 2022. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images via JTA)
August 23, 2022, 8:19 am
GOP Arizona governor hopeful pans endorsee’s remark that Jews are ‘evil’
Kari Lake says Oklahoma State Senate candidate’s military past impressed her, wasn’t aware of his antisemitic comments
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: A protester holds a Yellow Star reading 'Not Vaccinated = Jew' as protesters take part in a demonstration in Milan on July 24, 2021, against the introduction of a mandatory 'green pass' for indoor dining and entertainment area, in the aim to limit the spread of the coronavirus. (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
July 31, 2021, 3:42 am
Oklahoma GOP likens vaccine mandates to Nazi persecution of Jews
Local Republican Party’s Facebook page posts image of yellow Star of David with ‘unvaccinated’ on it; Jewish group says post ‘ill-informed and inappropriate,’ calls for apology
By AP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
June 21, 2020, 4:02 pm
US teens say they punked Trump by ordering rally tickets en masse
Army of TikTok users reportedly caused thousands of empty seats in Tulsa arena by creating false expectations of mammoth turnout
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
June 21, 2020, 4:52 am
Trump holds comeback rally, but fails to fill arena after infections among staff
Slamming ‘unhinged left-wing mob’ for ‘trying to vandalize our history,’ US president goes on the offensive as he blames media for low turnout at event that defied health warnings
By Laurent Banguet
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