The Federation of Synagogues removes the kashrut license from the country’s only kosher pub, The Castle, after it held a function under another rabbinic authority. [The JC]

“Kosher” is the most common on-package claim for new products in the food and beverage industry. [QSR]

Jewish settler families in the West Bank won’t move, regardless of eviction. [The Chicago Tribune]

Author Nancy K. Miller struggles to find what amount of Jewishness is right for her. [Haaretz]

The ancient Hebrew love poem “Song of Songs” is at the base of a Renaissance choral ensemble’s performance. [The New York Times]

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Yale University study grasshoppers. [Environmental Protection]

New URJ head Rabbi Rick Jacobs designs his instillation ceremony to broadcast his vision of what the Reform movement should be. [The Jewish Daily Forward]

Nearly 70 percent of Israelis surveyed expressed a positive attitude to the US, and 91 percent believed that if Israel was faced with a true existential threat, the US would come to its aid. [The Times of Israel]

Kadima head Shaul Mofaz invites Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to begin talks. [The Times of Israel]