http://www.jta.org/news/ en zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T22:54:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/05/25/2739319/conservatives-ethical-certification-tackles-kosher-market http://www.jta.org/site/conservatives-ethical-certification-tackles-kosher-market/#When:22:24:00Z A Conservative movement commission on creating ethical certification for kosher food products is almost ready for market. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Lead Headline, U.S. 2010-05-25T22:24:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/05/25/2739307/oh-elvis-is-this-peace-love-and-understanding http://www.jta.org/site/oh-elvis-is-this-peace-love-and-understanding/#When:17:58:00Z Israelis are none too pleased about rocker Elvis Costello’s decision to cancel his summer concert, which was meant to be held in the Cesaria amphitheater on June 30—and was sold out so quickly a second show had been added July 1. On May 15, Costello posted a note on his Web site under the title "After considerable consideration..." he was deciding to cancel the concert as "a matter of instinct and conscience," due to the Palestinian situation.  2010-05-25T17:58:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/05/21/2739267/chabadnik-turns-bronx-public-school-around http://www.jta.org/site/chabadnik-turns-bronx-public-school-around/#When:00:17:00Z A Bronx public junior high that had gone through six principals in two years and "was in chaos," according to The Today Show, has been rehabilitated by Shimon Waronker, a Spanish-speaking Lubavitcher.  2010-05-22T00:17:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/05/21/2739261/zaka-expanding-arab-units http://www.jta.org/site/zaka-expanding-arab-units/#When:19:12:00Z Muslim, Bedouin and Druse units are a growing part of the Orthodox Jewish ZAKA volunteer rescue-and-recovery organization. Frontpage Sub Headline, Middle East, Sub Headline 2010-05-21T19:12:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/05/18/2394866/isnt-it-ironic-first-arab-muslim-woman-crowned-miss-usa http://www.jta.org/site/isnt-it-ironic-first-arab-muslim-woman-crowned-miss-usa/#When:21:23:00Z Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih, is the first Arab Muslim to be named Miss USA. Asked how she felt, the 24-year-old Lebanese American said, "Ask me after I’ve eaten a pizza." 2010-05-18T21:23:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/05/18/2394863/sholom-aleichem-chaim-grade http://www.jta.org/site/sholom-aleichem-chaim-grade/#When:19:42:00Z This week The New York Times covers two great Yiddish writers: one very well known, and one practically unknown.  2010-05-18T19:42:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/05/18/2394861/different-reads-on-shavuot http://www.jta.org/site/different-reads-on-shavuot/#When:19:25:00Z Zeppo Marx, converts and blintzes for Shavuot. Featured 2010-05-18T19:25:00-05:00