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By TAHLIB

Every year, Michael and Leslie invite friends over for the Passover Seder where their family reads the Haggadah, and share a meal of symbolic foods. The book is read on the first night of Passover and tells about Jewish slavery in Egypt and the miracles God did when he freed them. The word Haggadah means "telling" (Exodus 13:8). This week, a museum gathered friends together in San Francisco for the opening of an exhibition celebrating one set of the 3,000 versions of the Haggadah, and that is why "The Family at the Seder" (above) by Arthur Szyk is my NEWS OF WEEK.

In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:

• Buddhist Art of Week: Ryan Long's gay Buddhist monk for Valentine's Day [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Antonio Susini's "Dead Christ" at The Frick this Spring [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: Four senior Artists of the Madras Movement united [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: Extremists angered by proposal for museum in Venice [More News]
• Judaic Art of Week: Arthur Szyk's Haggadah illuminations in San Francisco [More News]

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