Sunday Features

7 Jewish historical treasures from YIVO’s vast collection in New York

In honor of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 100th birthday, we take a deep dive into the cultural institution’s massive Yiddish archive.

Danny Wolf during the men’s Big Ten tournament, March 16, 2025, in Indianapolis. (Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Israeli-American Michigan basketball star Danny Wolf is seeking glory in March Madness — and likely the NBA

The 20-year-old 7-footer is one of the best players in college basketball.

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

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

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

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