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Jewish families and a rabbi ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school

JL;DR SUMMARY In Oklahoma, a group of seven residents, including a rabbi and Jewish families, backed by organizations like the ACLU, are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit to prevent the establishment of the nation's first Jewish public charter school. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityLawsuitReligious EducationOklahomaConstitutional LawReligious FreedomSeparation Of Church And StateBen GamlaPublic FundsJewish Charter School

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
"The group filed a motion Wednesday in federal court in Oklahoma City seeking to intervene in the lawsuit brought by the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, which is trying to become the nations first publicly funded religious school."
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
"Rabbi Daniel Kaiman, the principal rabbi of Congregation Bnai Emunah in Tulsa, says he opposes the mixing of religion and government because of the potential for abuse."
Oklahoma, United States
"Joining Kaiman in the group seven is Erika DuBose, a social worker for the Cherokee Nation whose grandmother fled Germany during the Holocaust."

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