A Lawyer Who Won’t Back Down

Tablet‘s Allison Hoffman writes about an unexpected “culture warrior,” Jay Lefkowitz, who is leading a group of pro-bono lawyers helping parents confront corrupt unions and school systems. Lefkowitz, a modern Orthodox Jew, is currently waging wars across the country, including in California and New York, where he supports charter schools and parental power. “You have to reinvigorate the public schools,” Lefkowitz said. “And you have to have a ground game, because ultimately what you’re talking about is changing the way local government operates.”

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