Actor is Redskins owner's friend, Center's honoree and supporter Plus Kushner to be offered and accept degree, and more in the news 'Don't mention the war,' say some  | |  The Arab Spring has cast new light on resistance in the Middle East. A rare 2007 encounter with the leader of Iran's Jundullah reveals the murky place held by the region's so-called freedom fighters. BY WILLEM MARX A light gray car idled in the dust of the intersection. Rust ran along its running board, and its windshield was tinted black against the sun. I stepped out of my own SUV, said farewell to my driver, Habib, and interpreter, Hakeem, slung my gear over my shoulder, and clambered inside, where the driver and other passengers, dressed in traditional shalwar kameez with swirling baggy pantaloons, greeted me with handshakes and salaams. I quickly surmised I was not the only one to have gone several days without washing. More  | Not only is standardized testing plaguing our schools, driving us to cheat, and making our children sick; it’s completely antithetical to Jewish values More |  | A new edition of Walter Benjamin's early work sheds light his first reckonings with Jewishness and offers glimpses of the powerful thinker he would ultimately become More | |
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