Temple B'nai Israel

03/20/2026

What Data Reveals About Postwar German Denazification with Annika Kaiser

March 26th, 2026, 7:00 PM CST
Location: Temple B’nai Israel
4901 N. Pennsylvania Ave
Oklahoma City, OK

After N**i Germany collapsed in 1945, the Allies faced a massive and unprecedented challenge: how do you rebuild a democratic society after a dictatorship that involved ordinary people? To answer this question, millions of Germans were required to fill out denazification questionnaires. These forms created an extraordinary
historical record: a detailed snapshot of how deeply the N**i regime reached into everyday careers, institutions, and economic life. In this talk, Annika Kaiser, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Sosland Foundation Fellow, will show how analyzing historical sources with computational tools allows us to uncover patterns that were previously invisible and might offer new ways to
understand the relationship between power, incentives, and justice.

03/12/2026

https://www.thetempleokc.org/form/brotherhood-breakfast-reservation-2/15/26-clone.html

03/01/2026

Check out this JCFS article about Freedom Song when they visited Chicago!

by Dr. Beth Fishman, PhD Manager, Addiction Services at JCFS Chicago Freedom Song is an original musical production created and performed by individuals who are current or past residents of Beit T'Shuvah, the interdenominational Jewish treatment program in Los Angeles. Freedom Song showcases a famil...

02/26/2026

Freedom Song originated in 2006 - 20 years ago! TBI is proud to bring Freedom Song to Oklahoma City on March 7th.

Check out this trailer from 10 years ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMSfbPsWLUM

Tickets are free but limited - reserve your seat today
https://www.thetempleokc.org/form/freedom-song.html

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

02/19/2026

Tickets are free, thanks to our sponsors - register here: https://www.thetempleokc.org/form/freedom-song.html

Freedom Song is a transformative musical that will shatter the myth of Jews being immune to addiction. By interweaving a Passover Seder with personal stories of addiction, Freedom Song poses one stark question— “what are you a slave to?” The cast of Freedom Song is not a cast of actors; they are actual addicts in recovery that have broken off the shackles of drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other destructive behaviors. By performing in Freedom Song, our interchanging cast members have an opportunity to answer questions from the audience and to share their experiences on how best to recover from a lifestyle of addiction. Using song and dance, tears and laughter, and an intense post show discussion with our cast, Freedom Song will open your eyes to the real-life struggle against the ‘bondage of self’ that we fight every day. We encourage you to invite guests. Teens and parents are encouraged to attend together. There will be Havdalah and a reception following the show and talk-back.

01/16/2026

12/14/2025

As we enter our first night of Hanukkah and light our first candles, we mourn for those who were murdered in Sydney, Australia, during their Hanukkah celebration. We offer our healing prayers for those wounded, the families and loved ones of all who were subjected to this horrific act of anti-Jewish...

11/20/2025

If you have not yet RSVPd to the Temple office or to Debby Johnson at [email protected] , please do so ASAP!
RSVPs are REQUIRED to attend this event.

Non-members are welcome and can register at https://www.thetempleokc.org/form/non-member-sanctuary-re-dedication-registration.html

11/18/2025

TONIGHT! The Temple kitchen smells like cookies and has an air of excitement. See you there!

11/09/2025

Check out this cool stuff happening at TBI!

Coat drive signup: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044DAEA629AAFBC25-59982713-hias #/

Turkey bowl registration: https://www.thetempleokc.org/form/turkey-bowl-2025.html

Interfaith Thanksgiving Gathering: October 18th, 7:00pm

Jewish Literacy Book Club: October 19th, 7:00pm - Please RSVP to [email protected]

10/31/2025

Please share this to help get our newly arrived refugees clothed for winter! ❄️

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044DAEA629AAFBC25-59982713-hias #/