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

An exhibition dedicated to Purim, one of the most joyful holidays of the Jewish calendar and especially to its Queen Esther. At the Meis in Ferrara until June 15, 2025 ...

(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 approaching her ...

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

Why are any of us here? Esther was about to choose to transition to adulthood and hear the call to find meaning in her life. She starts as this quiet, passive queen, hiding her Jewish identity.

On this sacred holiday, we commemorate the harrowing tale of Haman’s genocidal plot to eradicate the Jewish people, a scheme thwarted by the courage and unshakable emunah (faith) of Esther and ...

Esther was born in Adelsheim, Germany on April 3, 1937. Adelsheim was a very small town, with only 10 Jewish families living in the area. Her parents, Katie (née Lemburger) and Adolf Rosenfeld, had ...

Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon, several times in his writings cited Books from the larger canon as Scripture.

Born Camilla Rosemary Shand, Queen Camilla was previously married to Andrew Parker Bowles, with whom she shares children Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes. Camilla Parker Bowles married King ...

Willa L Johnson passed peacefully on April 8th, 2025. Born in Okeechobee, Florida in 1926, she married Earnest Johnson in ...