Sunday Features

New York Bagel Bakery in Philadelphia has served kosher-keeping customers for decades. Its longtime owner was recently accused of antisemitism, a charge he denies. (Screenshot from Google Maps)

A Palestinian man in Philadelphia served kosher bagels for decades. Then customers found his Facebook profile.

Jews in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, have called for the local bagel store to lose its kosher certification because its proprietor supported Oct. 7. He says those allegations are false.

Ted Comet, Jewish communal giant and longtime Upper West Sider, dies at 100

The founder of New York’s Salute to Israel Parade played leading roles at a variety of Jewish organizations.

Gal Gadot unveils star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming first Israeli actor honored there

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters reportedly clashed outside the ceremony.

Taboonia, a new Israeli Druze restaurant in NYC, is run by a Nova music festival survivor

Breaking with recent consensus, Trump makes ‘anti-Semitism’ hyphenated again

Columbia’s Jewish students, weary from 17 months in the spotlight, weigh in on Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

A bagel shop backed out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. Then regret set in.

Antisemitic terror plot in Australia was fake and staged by a crime boss, police say

Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

Attendees at a vigil for the four deceased hostages returned on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, held up a large cutout of one of the captives, Oded Lifshitz. (Alon Gilboa)

In Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square, Israelis mourn — and vow to keep fighting for the captives who remain

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