Jewish families and a rabbi ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school
“I am passionate about Jewish education," said a Tulsa rabbi. "But the mixing of religion and government creates opportunities for religious coercion.”
Charter School
The Latest
-
Fast Forward -
Fast Forward Backers of Jewish charter school launch federal challenge in Oklahoma
A lawsuit on behalf of the proposed Ben Gamla school hopes to set the stage for the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school
-
Fast Forward Oklahoma attorney general accuses officials of rigging vote on proposed Jewish charter school
The state’s attorney general says state board manipulated its rejection of the school to strengthen an expected federal lawsuit
-
Fast Forward Oklahoma board denies proposal for Jewish charter school — and lawyers up ahead of expected legal battle
“I would be shocked if there’s not a lawsuit filed by Friday,” said the board’s chair
-
Fast Forward An LA charter school housed at a synagogue taught 1st-graders about ‘the genocide of Palestine’
Teachers described the lessons on social media. One also complained about Israeli flags on the synagogue campus
-
Fast Forward Student Population At NYC Jewish Schools Rivals Numbers At Charter Schools
(JTA) — The number of students attending Jewish day schools and yeshivas in New York City is nearly as large as the entire New York City-based charter school population, according to the New York state Department of Education. The number K-12 students attending Jewish day schools and yeshivas in the city now exceeds 110,000, an…
-
Opinion ‘Diverse Charter School’ Is Not An Oxymoron
Ten years ago, when we applied for permission to establish the city’s in Brooklyn’s District 22, representatives from the Department of Education questioned us about who exactly would patronize our proposed school. The DOE worried that only Jewish families would send their children to a school in which Modern Hebrew (instead of Spanish or Mandarin…
-
News Did Charter School Queen Eva Moskowitz Mess Up the Books?
Eva Moskowitz has long been a controversial figure in New York, mostly because she has championed charter schools and feuded with liberals, including Mayor Bill de Blasio. She recently invited more wrath by meeting with Donald Trump amid speculation that she could be in the running for a spot in his Department of Education. Now…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Exclusive Mahmoud Khalil wants to reassure you
- 2
Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
- 3
Opinion Trump is backed into a corner on Iran. Get ready for him to start blaming Jews
- 4
Opinion Mahmoud Khalil’s reassurances are bad for Jews but even worse for Palestinians
In Case You Missed It
-
Film & TV He saved dozens of kids in Auschwitz — he kept it a secret for nearly the rest of his life
-
Looking Forward I’m probably going to be on the government’s list of Jews at UPenn
-
News Iran’s regime is obsessed with Jeffrey Epstein
-
Fast Forward Dan Bilzerian wants to ‘kill Israelis’ and thinks Judaism is ‘terrible.’ Now he’s running for Congress.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
