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 ...

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 ...

Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a broadly popular symbol of courage and resistance.

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 ...

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.

The exhibition, titled 'Beautiful Esther. Purim, A Timeless Story' looks at the persona of the Biblical figure of Queen Esther through the medium of Renaissance art, precious parchments ...

The suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, writing in The Woman’s Bible ... Jewish identity to become queen. Ancient and modern commentators alike wrestle with Esther’s moral compromises: hiding ...