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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The newest kosher Krispy Kreme doughnuts are ready.

One of the chain's franchises in Pittsburgh, Pa., was certified kosher just after Passover by the Star-D Kosher Supervision dairy division of the Star-K kashrut agency in Baltimore, according to the Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh.

The store joins 13 other kosher Krispy Kreme stores in the United States and four in Canada.

The doughnut company's plants in Winston-Salem, N.C., and Effingham, Ill., are also certified as kosher, and the company's Web site says all of the ingredients that go into Krispy Kreme donuts are kosher.

Armenians protest over genocide issue

LOS ANGELES (JPS) -- A group of Armenian American college students, who ended a six-day hunger strike outside the Museum of Tolerance last week, have threatened to resume their protests unless the museum gives more recognition to the 1915 Armenian genocide.

The around-the-clock vigil by 14 hunger strikers at its height highlighted the long-standing dissatisfaction by the local Armenian community with the museum, which is operated by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

U.S. role applauded in Nazi hunt in report

LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- The United States was successful in bringing Nazi collaborators to justice, the Simon Wiesenthal Center reported.

Austria was criticized for its failure to track down war criminals, the group said in its annual report on Nazi hunting.

Between April 1, 2002, and March 31, 2003, seven convictions of Nazi-era war criminals were obtained -- six in the United States and one in Germany.

Court bars display of 10 Commandments

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The U.S. Supreme Court barred the display of a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of Kentucky's state capitol.

Without comment, the court Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that said the display would violate the constitutional separation between church and state.

The monument features the words "I am the Lord thy God" on it, followed by the commandments. There are two small stars of David and a Jesus symbol.

ADL defends Paige after alleged misquote

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Anti-Defamation League is defending Education Secretary Rod Paige, saying the secretary was misquoted when he said he prefers Christian values in schools.

The national director of the ADL, Abraham Foxman, said "it's clear that the secretary's words were not only taken out of context, they were changed to ignite a controversy."

Foxman also said the Baptist Press reporter who authored the article is no longer with the news organization. Foxman's comments came after Paige addressed the group on Sunday.