Leaders of Tulsa’s Jewish community have expressed surprise and unease about a potential Jewish online charter school they said was introduced without local input.
The Jewish Federation of Tulsa, along with local congregations, released a statement Tuesday pushing back against Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School’s application to the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board.
“We are deeply concerned that an external Jewish organization would pursue such an initiative in Oklahoma without first engaging in meaningful consultation with the established Oklahoma Jewish community,” the statement read…