Oklahoma
Backers of Jewish school file federal lawsuit challenging Oklahoma ban on religious charter schools
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to strike down Oklahoma’s ban on religious charter schools and to order the state to stop denying applicants on the basis of their religious character.
Oklahoma attorney general accuses officials of rigging vote on proposed Jewish charter school
Jewish group threatens lawsuit over ban on publicly funded religious schools
Taiwan teams up with US firm Kratos to build Mighty Hornet IV attack drones to counter China
Seven bodies, including two missing teens, found in home of Oklahoma sex offender
McFadden, 39, had been scheduled to begin a trial on Monday for using a cellphone while in prison to send sexual messages to a teenage girl, the station reported.
Purim: Celebrating the holiday as a soldier, civilian in the US
57 years later, I can still see the faces and some of the costumes. I forget quite a lot these days, but not that Purim.
Bipartisan Senate group to tour Abraham Accords countries
The group arrived in Morocco and met PM ‘to discuss Morocco’s leadership on the Abraham Accords and the importance of the US-Morocco relationship’
Over a third of all US executions in 2022 were botched - report
One notable execution saw a man, still believed by some to be innocent, having to help the executioners properly find a vein for the lethal injection.
GOP nominee for Arizona governor denounces endorsee’s statement that Jews are ‘evil’
“Outline and detail the evil. Amen,” Jackson wrote. “The Jews. Illuminati. Covid shots kill. Rothschilds. Communists. Woke pastors. Social gospel. Christ will chuck a bunch of stuff in the fire.”
Four dead, including gunman, in Oklahoma hospital campus shooting, police say
The gunman was armed with a rifle and a handgun.
Oklahoma legislature advances Holocaust education bill
The bipartisan-backed bill that the House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee approved Tuesday would direct schools in the state to work with Holocaust experts.
Remembering the Six Day War in Oklahoma
At Shabbat services, which I conducted every Friday night and Saturday morning, between 75 and 100 Jewish soldiers attended.
After 100 years remembering, last survivors mark race massacre in Tulsa
An estimated 300 people were killed, thousands were left homeless and an entire community that had been seen as a symbol of what Black Americans could achieve was devastated.
Man charged with shooting woman in back for removing swastika flag released
Following the incident, officers seized multiple firearms and ammunition that Feaster had stored up in his home, by way of a search warrant.