An exhibition dedicated to Purim, one of the most joyful holidays of the Jewish calendar and especially to its Queen Esther.

The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while ...

(REVIEW) 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 ... painting of ...

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

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther ... older cousin Mordecai, who coached her to conceal her faith in an age of religious persecution. Esther, the story ...

of Esther and Mordecai. Through their heroic intervention, King Ahasuerus was moved to nullify the wicked decree, empowering the Jews to rise in self-defense and triumph over their malevolent foes.

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 ...

Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther. This fall — just ... urging her to see the Jewish narratives in the Bible as more than stories — rather as calls to action.

Even so, more than most other books of the Hebrew Bible, The Book of Esther holds ... in the kingdom. Mordecai cries out loudly and bitterly, then sends word to his ward, now queen, asking her ...

The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen Esther and her loyal cousin Mordecai rescuing ...