It's National Bagels and Lox Day (In the U.S)
Here are Haaretz's top bagel-related stories for you to pursue while chowing down on a bagel.

Did you know that February 9 is National Bagels and Lox Day? In honor of this hole-y festival, have yourself a smear of some of Haaretz's best bagel stories:
Doughs and don'ts: The Jewish roots of the bagel
Boycotts and bagels: Sayed Kashua goes Yonkers
Jewish brothers bring real bagels to Detroit
And since no food compendium would be complete without a recipe, here's a little pink something about lox:
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