Texas bakery reportedly becomes first bagel shop to be named James Beard Award finalist
Jewish-founded Starship Bagel also won “Best Bagel” at the 2023 New York Bagelfest
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The Bluebonnet program that the Texas Board of Education approved is wrong on so many levels
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An old Supreme Court case differentiates the fine line between teaching religion and teaching about it
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