The bagel is at it again
I spent a day in Maine State Prison participating in the "36 Questions for Civic Love" exercise and found connection, talked bagels and discovered a bagel emissary
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Bagel eating your way to stardom
In 1957 a Cairn terrier was living the bagel lovers dream. "Snuffy eats his way to Fame on Cream Cheese, Bagels, Lox for Role {as Frank Sinatra's dog} in 'Pal Joey.'
Big Bagel is coming to a city near you
This self appointed Midwest bagel maven has something to say about the NYT's not giving the pandemic millennial bagel makers their due and continuing to ignore Midwest food culture.
The Midwest Bagel Quest goes to Montréal
I contend that a city needs to have three qualities before it can be described as a bagel city. Montréal easily clears them all. Plus my Midrash on bagel size.
A Decent Proposal
My origin story on chasing bagels in the Midwest begins with my husband Matt. The Moth put my proposing to Matt story on the radio and their podcast last week.
Two temples on a desert island
Whether you consider yourself Zionist, anti-Zionist, Post-Zionist or any other iteration of Zionist, Israel is still the main character. It is hard to define your Jewish identity outside of it.
Passover Jeopardy 2026!
Trust me, you want to add this Passover Jeopardy game to your Seder. It has been a highlight across the generations at my Seders for years.
The Midwest bagel quest is now a manuscript
I wove together my family’s Yiddish assimilation story, Midwest bagel and Jewish history, an ode to cultural Judaism untethered from Israel being our central story. Hopefully I did this seamlessly.
On cultural comfort foods and mutual aid
From regulating the boundaries of your favorite foods to uniting people in peace under a bagel flag to mutual aid efforts supporting people hiding in their homes during the occupation of Minneapolis
Lessons learned flying the Bagel Flag today
The bagel flag means friends, neighbors, acquaintances, and really anyone walking by my house can stop by, fix a plate with a fresh out of the oven bagel, sit down and get to know someone new.