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

King Ahasuerus gets rid of his wife because she didn't follow orders. His new wife, Esther, is Jewish, but King Ahasuerus doesn't know that. Esther's cousin, Mordecai, finds out two people who ...

“Esther and Ahasuerus,” by Geldorp Gortzius, captures Esther’s sex appeal as she grasps the king’s golden scepter that signals the bestowing of his favor. ‘Esther Scroll,’ by Salom Italia, Amsterdam, ...

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

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 ...

Esther, garbed in a silvery robe with an elaborate jeweled headdress, wears a determined expression as she gestures toward a ...