Glenn Reynolds:

Possibly Obama just hates Israel and hates Jews. That’s plausible — certainly nothing in his actions suggests otherwise, really.

Barack Hussein Obama II

Suddenly they heard a familiar voice. “Hey, is this the Seder?” Barack Obama asked, entering the room.

So begins the story of the Obama Seder, now one of the newest, most intimate and least likely of White House traditions. When Passover begins at sunset on Monday evening, Mr. Obama and about 20 others will gather for a ritual that neither the rabbinic sages nor the founding fathers would recognize.

Yes, I know, the Obama communications team probably fed the Times this very cute and touching story (it really is) about the now-traditional White House seder (maracroons! gefilte fish! afikoman!) to the let the Shtetl know that Barack is still down with us. But, hey, it works! Not that I, or the rest of the 77% of American Jews who voted for Obama really needed the reassurance, but it’s nice.