Smart Conversations at the Synagogue

Diama NorrisNews

Smart Conversations 2013 features dynamic and visionary thinkers, newsmakers, and entertainers in live conversation via satellite from Manhattan. Each season brings some of the brightest and most interesting people in America to audiences in Tulsa. The fall program begins on Tuesday, October 1, with Malcolm Gladwell, social science writer for The New Yorker, speaking on “When Underdogs Break the Rules.” …

Mayoral Candidate Forum – Oct. 17th!

Emily DavisNews, News and Updates

Join us from 6-7 p.m., Thursday, October 17 for a Mayoral Candidate Forum featuring Mayor Dewey Barlett and his challenger Former Mayor Kathy Taylor at the Tulsa Historical Society, 2445 S. Peoria. This free, public event is co-sponsored by the Tulsa World, Tulsa Historical Society, the Coalition for the American Dream and the Jewish Federation of Tulsa. Members, please volunteer by …

Unit Meetings Resume in September

HeatherNews

We will discuss the hot topic of Common Core education standards which are being implemented nationwide. Oklahoma adopted them in 2010, but the issue may come before the legislature this year as the House Speaker and other legislators have expressed opposition, despite Gov. Mary Fallin’s support for Common Core. Oklahoma recently withdrew from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for …