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World Jewish News
Obama hosts first-ever Passover seder dinner at White House
10.04.2009
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday had close friends and staff to a private White House meal to mark Passover, in what was seen as a gesture to his Jewish supporters.
Obama hosted the traditional seder meal in the Old Family Dining Room with some of his aides and their families.
The meal included traditional meals like matzo ball soup, brisket and kugel, which the White House chefs prepared after consulting family recipes from the participants.
The Seder was overseen by Eric Lesser, a special assistant to White House official David Axelrod.
Obama's move won quick praise from the National Jewish Democratic Council as the nation's first White House seder.
"By hosting the first presidential seder in America's history," President Barack Obama shows the personal and deep relationship his has with the Jewish community, said Alexis C. Rice, the group's deputy executive director. "There is no question, Obama is a true friend of the Jewish community."
Источник: Haaretz
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