Mockery as candidate's Passover ad features bread banned during holiday: 'OMG!'

A candidate for the Georgia State Senate earned a heaping of mockery on Saturday over a glaring gaffe in an advertisement in the Atlanta Jewish Times that wished Jewish constituents a "blessed Passover" and used a picture of challah bread, which cannot be consumed during the holiday.

Nathalie Kanani is a Georgia attorney and Democratic candidate for State Senate District 14 in Fulton County. Her advertisement raised eyebrows on social media this week.

"Have A Blessed Passover," the ad reads in the print version of the newspaper. "Wishing you a Passover rich in divine love and blessings."

The ad appeared to include a blue and white flag draped over a loaf of Challah bread, sitting next to a pair of tall candles.

However, observers homed in on the challah bread gaffe.

Greg Bluestein, chief political reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, wrote on X, "Georgia Senate candidate’s Passover ad in this week’s Atlanta Jewish Times features challah. It’s the thought that counts, I guess."

Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief at The Dispatch wrote on X, "Nothing like a good Passover challah. Almost as good as a Yom Kippur BLT sandwich."

Progressive political commentator Molly Jong-Fast wrote on X, "Omg this is incredible."

She added: "Veep was a documentary."

Georgia state Rep. Esther Panitch (D) chided on X, "Bless her heart, someone put challah in a Passover ad. This candidate wants to be my senator. As the only Jewish member of the Georgia General Assembly, I am available for holiday consults — or you could just consider a candidate who knows the difference, whose ad is just a few pages after this one in the @AtlJewishTimes."

Journalist Rachel Feldman wrote on X, "Just my head making up staff conversations at the @AtlJewishTimes: 'They paid for it…' 'Do we correct them?' 'We’re advertising, not news.' 'So people can buy…' 'Yup.' 'So we don’t correct them?' 'The public will.' 'Can we report on that?' 'That’s none of my business.'"