Stephanie [No Name Given] and Joel Kahn

Joel (J) shares how he came to Oklahoma City (OKC) from Brooklyn, sharing how he got a job despite trying his best to fail the interview.

Stephanie (S) reflects on her work as a special education teacher working in a high school, and how her faith was impacted by her work.

J considers his parents and a mentor named Ed to be his biggest influences. S considers her father and her grandmother to be her biggest influences, noting her father’s lesson to be consistent.

S remembers meeting her father’s parents and other family members, who were Holocaust survivors, and how that connection reinstilled her faith in Judaism.

J describes himself as a liberal with 1960s New York Jewish liberal values, and says he doesn’t talk with his children about politics because they grew up conservative in OK. S describes herself as a moderate. They consider how their faith influences their politics.

J and S share why they are affiliated with Temple B’nai Israel.

J and S agree on the need for more separation of church and state in OK politics.

S remembers having a god moment when visiting the Wailing/Western Wall in Jerusalem. J remembers the feeling he had when he held his firstborn daughter for the first time.

J shares his views politics in the US and OK.

J and S share their experiences of being Jewish in OKC.

J and S share their favorite Jewish holidays.