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Elana Fishbein: ‘War on Forces Trying to Transform Our Society’ | Top Story, Ep. 24

Activist Elana Fishbein of No Left Turn in Education tells it like it is on learning in the second decade of the 21st century.

Activist Elana Fishbein discusses the grassroots effort to halt the spread of critical race theory teachings in the school with JNS editor in chief Jonathan S. Tobin. The two talk about the way woke doctrines are distorting education in America, the way it grants a permission slip to anti-Semitism and how parents can organize to fight back to take some control over these issues.

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Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy, the Jewish world and the arts. He hosts the JNS “Think Twice” podcast, both the weekly video program and the “Jonathan Tobin Daily” program, available on major audio platforms and YouTube. Previously, he was executive editor, then senior online editor and chief political blogger, for Commentary magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. He has won 60-plus awards for his columns, commentary, art criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television, commenting on politics and foreign policy. Born in New York City, he studied history at Columbia University.
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