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The Haggadah, the Jewish religious text read at Passover, is 3,000 years old. Novelists Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander have recently published the New American Haggadah, a distinctly modern Jewish-American version of the text.

Passover, the festival honoring the Jewish emancipation from slavery in Egypt, begins Friday night at sundown. The Passover story has been told through numerous mediums, now including silhouette choreography.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer published a book a few months ago with an unflattering portrayal of a meeting with President Barack Obama. When the two met Wednesday at an airport in Phoenix, Obama took issue with that portrayal in what, at times, looked like an intense discussion.

There’s no need to panic over the U.S. educational decline, according to experts. It’s good that people are getting smarter around the world.

The Obamas have announced their White House redecoration project, stirring some controversy in a place that is both a home and a museum.