Climate Change, Intifada, the Disturbances in France—and Greta Thunberg
The “omnicause” has a way of finding the Jews.
October 19, 2026
The Oklahoma Case That Could Pave the Way for Free Jewish Education
A setback for Ben Gamla, but not for the cause.
Let us now turn from international to American law, where developments are afoot that could have a major effect on Jewish education. Last week, Oklahoma’s Statewide Charter School Board decided, by one vote, against approving a Jewish charter school called Ben Gamla. Had it voted differently, Ben Gamla would have become the country’s first religious charter school. The question only came to the board after a federal court ruled in the school’s favor. Michael A. Helfand explains the issues at hand, and why it is still possible that the court’s ruling might “reshape Jewish education by opening the door to tuition-free religious schools funded with public dollars.”
October 19, 2026
What International Law Really Says about Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza
Even those who should know better insist on getting it wrong.
The First Jews to Win the Nobel Prize
Alfred Fried was a proud Jew, but wrong.
The Oklahoma Case That Could Pave the Way for Free Jewish Education
A setback for Ben Gamla, but not for the cause.
The State of Israel as a Summons to the Jewish People
Seven decades after Rabbi Soloveitchik’s “The Voice of My Beloved Knocks.”