A Jewish leader criticized Russian authorities for refusing to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama. “It is impossible to apply the regular bureaucratic manner to leaders of the country’s traditional religions,” Berel Lazar, one of Russia’s two chief rabbis, said Monday.
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