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• Yeshiva principal wins national recognition

  October 13, 2009 3:53pm

  An Atlanta Jewish day school principal was selected as a 2009 National Distinguished Principal.

• Dalai Lama visits Washington, DC sukkah

  October 12, 2009 11:16pm

  The Dalai Lama popped in on a Sukkot celebration with a visit to the sukkah of a Washington, DC area synagogue on Saturday. The Buddhist spiritual leader met with the congregation’s worshippers in the sukkah of Adas Israel Synagogue after Saturday’s Sukkot holiday prayers, YNet.com reports. The Dalai Lama told the crowd that it was…

• Dalai Lama visits D.C. sukkah

  October 12, 2009 7:47pm

  The Dalai Lama visited the sukkah of a Washington synagogue.

• Whither national intelligence?

  October 9, 2009 2:25am

  Two congressmen are demanding to know why the director of national intelligence testified that Iran had no secret enrichment facilities.

• Obama extends PLO office allowance

  October 9, 2009 12:56am

  President Obama extended the allowance for the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Washington office.

• House expands hate crimes legislation

  October 9, 2009 12:43am

  The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill expanding the legal definition of a violent federal hate crime to include gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

• Moroccan king honors AJC leader

  October 6, 2009 1:46pm

  Morocco’s King Mohammed VI bestowed one of his country’s highest honors on a Jewish leader.

• U.S.-Israel energy program funding increased

  October 6, 2009 1:39pm

  The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that includes an additional $2 million for U.S.-Israel energy cooperation.

• Ukraine lauded for nixing hotel near Babi Yar

  October 6, 2009 1:22pm

  Two U.S. lawmakers hailed Ukraine for halting the construction of a hotel near the site of a Nazi massacre.

• Goldstone defends UN report accusing Israel, Hamas of war crimes

  October 2, 2009 4:13pm

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