Have a Zissen Pesach. Hag Kasher veSameach.
I have been very busy the last few weeks. I am still here and the blog will return with regular updates starting after the holiday.
Duluth, MN 1910
Manila, 1925
Washington DC, 1995
Kurshan, Lithuania 1930’s
The Book of Doctrines and Opinions: 
Interesting that there are so many children in Duluth and so few in Lithuania.
Serious question: What was the first seder to include non-Jewish guests (as, for example, the Dalai Lama pictured or Barack Obama in the White House)?
Litvak’s were more modern than we imagine. They took many of the Tzarist changes of the 1840-1870’s to heart.
R. Yaakov Emden, writes that the invitation that we extend to those who are in need of food is directed towards non-Jews.