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Oklahoma board denies proposal for Jewish charter school — and lawyers up ahead of expected legal battle

JL;DR SUMMARY The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board has denied an application from the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation to establish a virtual Jewish charter school, prompting the organization to prepare a legal challenge. 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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Religious EducationConstitutional LawPeter DeutschBen GamlaChurch And StateFree Exercise ClauseJewish Charter SchoolOklahoma Statewide Charter School BoardTulsa Jewish FederationEric Baxter

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
"The skyline of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma."
Oklahoma, United States
"A Jewish group is preparing to sue to overturn a ban on publicly funded religious charter schools in Oklahoma,"
Florida, United States
"Deutsch, who nearly two decades ago established a network of nonreligious English-Hebrew charter schools in Florida, has said he chose Oklahoma as a testing ground for what he views as a viable model of publicly funded religious education."
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
"What I have seen is the synagogues, both from Oklahoma City and Tulsa, come out in opposition to this, and I find that very interesting, that the Jewish community, the people that are involved daily in Jewish lifestyle, that theyre opposed to this."

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