Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Weekly World News has the inside White House scoop:
WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama will host the first White House seder. Party organizers state, "Why is this night different from any other? 'Cause it's gonna be fierce!"
President Obama will make history yet again tonight as the first President to hold an official White House seder on tonight the second night of Passover. After a much publicized Easter celebration, plans for this seder were made at the last minute and announced only a few days ago.
The President wishes to reaffirm to Americans and the international community that all faiths will be respected by an Obama White House.
A team of Rabbis, Jewish Scholars, and Project Runway winner Christian Siriano were brought in to design the event.
At the beginning of the service a plate of traditional and symbolic foods will be at the head of the table. Fresh organic horseradish root will provide the bitter herbs symbolizing the bitterness of slavery, handmade adzuki paste will symbolize the mortar slaves worked with, along with three matzos symbolizing "slaves bread" made by Mario Battali and each costing $400...
It's a little scary, how long I continued to read and take this seriously.
Under other circumstances, mention of $400 matzah would have been a tipoff -- but we're getting used to such things, aren't we?