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Pesach at the White House

Daniel Burke

Tonight at 6:30 President Obama and his family will mark Passover with a Seder at the White House with friends and staff.

The event is closed to media, so we won’t know if Obama’s rabbi, the awesomely named Capers Funnye, will attend.

UPDATE: The AP just moved a story on the seder with a partial guest list: Funnye ain’t on it, neither is Axelrod or Rahmbo.


By the by, White House aids are saying this is the first White House seder attended by a sitting prez.

Photo by NYT.

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