Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther. This fall, just ahead of the presidential election, she helped organize An Esther Call to the Mall, a march in ...

If you were to visit a home in Amsterdam in the 17th Century, you might find, in the kitchen, the library, or even inside the fireplace, a scene of the biblical Queen Esther approaching her ...

Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

Her kind of courage and hidden soft power is pivotal in today’s world, writes the founder of a movement toward embodying the Jewish experience and feminine spirituality. NEW YORK (JTA) – To be ...

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest painters — among them Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. “The Book of Esther in ...

JTA – Queen Esther is back in the news – and it’s not good news, and it’s got very little to do with the Jewish holiday of Purim, in whose story she is the starring character. Loved and ...

Like Queen Esther in the Bible, Priscilla Israel once stood in the epicentre of power, wielding influence that few State ...

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Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), King of the Persians, whose empire now extends from India to Egypt after the defeat of the Babylonians, is holding a celebratory banquet for his people in the citadel of Susa ...

This Hanna-Barbera animated video tells a version of the Bible story about Esther, whose heroism is commemorated annually by the feast of Purim. Esther, a Jewish orphan girl, is chosen by King ...

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