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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I) Both stories “turn” at night (Pharaoh’s dreams; Ahasuerus can’t sleep and ... to shift from Israel to Babylon. Having a Book of Esther with resounding (pun intended) Joseph echoes ...

He challenges the common perception of King Ahasuerus as a foolish and indulgent ... He has also written an academic paper on the Book of Esther. However, he felt that a purely scholarly approach ...

to recall the story of the Book of Esther. In ancient Persia, the charming Jewish orphan for whom the book is named wins King Ahasuerus’s beauty pageant and becomes queen of a massive empire ...

God’s name is absent from the text of the Book of Esther, but He secretly and powerfully directed the fickle heart of Ahasuerus. Even in eras without overt supernatural miracles, we still trace ...

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s newest podcast series, Friday Focus. Each Friday, join diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan for a deep dive into what’s ...