What happens when you’re the only Jewish family in Oklahoma?
'Oklahoma Samovar,’ from Alice Eve Cohen, follows a Jewish family over generations as they try to find their place in America
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Culture How a wedding in Oklahoma taught a group of police officers and SWAT team members to care about Judaism and Israel
Before my daughter's marriage, many attendees had never met a Jew
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Fast Forward Oklahoma made Bibles mandatory in schools. The new superintendent is reversing course.
Lindel Fields has ‘no plans to distribute Bibles’
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Theater How often does Tim Blake Nelson think about ancient Greece?
The actor-writer-director talks about his new play, Kafka and antisemitism
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Sports ‘Chetanyahu?’: NBA star sucked into Gaza culture wars over workout video
A clip of Chet Holmgren shooting three-pointers set off a legion of anti-Israel activists on X
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Fast Forward As Supreme Court considers religious charter schools, Justice Kagan speculates about publicly funded yeshivas
The court appears open to allowing the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to open the nation’s first religious public charter school
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Opinion The Christian right wants schools to teach the Bible — but doesn’t understand what the Bible is about
Oklahoma and Tennessee are bringing the Bible to classrooms, and demonstrating just how the conservative movement misunderstands that same text
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News ‘We have to cover history accurately’: Oklahoma superintendent explains why he’s forcing schools to teach the Bible
A rabbi who is an expert on law and religion said there is a legal loophole which may make this constitutional
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