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, " '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.'"