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

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

It is a joyful holiday replete with lively rituals, especially the exuberant public reading of the Book of Esther. The biblical text, set in ancient Persia during the reign of Ahasuerus (also ...

In the Book of Esther, a drunk King Ahasuerus has his wife, Queen Vashti, killed for disobeying him when he requested that she show herself at a party (with some interpretations being that he ...

Despite Esther being the book’s namesake ... The reigning monarch, King Ahasuerus, deposes his wife, Queen Vashti, for disobedience. Then Ahasuerus searches for a replacement by holding a ...

Yet “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” a delectably ... Image Both Jan Steen paintings are titled “The Wrath of Ahasuerus”: left, circa 1670; right, 1668-70.Credit ...

Esther was initially hesitant to answer Mordecai’s pleas to reveal her true identity to Ahasuerus, but she decided to take a leap of faith. Her one condition, as she instructed Mordecai ...