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[Today's Papers] from [Slate Magazine]
Obama Dips Toe in Immigration

By Daniel Politi
Posted Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 6:02 AM ET

Accompanied by a photograph of a yarmulke-wearing dog, the NYT reports that one pet food company is sponsoring a Seder for dogs to promote its kosher varieties. It's hardly the first of its kind as one man says he's held these types of Seders at pet stores in the past, a fact that many in his congregation don't like. "They say, 'How could you do it for dogs, isn't it sacrilegious?' " he said. "And my answer is, 'We're having fun.' " But Kosher pet food is serious business, particularly during Passover, when religious Jews work hard to get rid of all traces of grains in their homes. And it's not just food. One pet store owner says that throughout the year she sells lots of yarmulkes and tallits for dogs, which, along with the food, is supplied to "increasingly popular Bark Mitzvahs," where guests have been known to utter "Muzzle Tov."