While the book is a work of fiction, Sendowski ensures that it remains faithful to the historical and textual integrity of ...

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What does it look like to navigate Purim in the Court of Trump? Queens Vashti and Esther present different models.

You might not instinctively pair Queen Esther with Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch master who invented realism in the 17th century. Yet “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” a delectably ...

Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...

For children, the Book of Esther is a fairy tale — of kings, queens, beauty contests and the foiled plans of a dastardly villain. The story can be read as proto-feminist, with Esther saving her ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When I read the Book of Esther – a fantastical tale of Jew-hatred, genocidal madness, despotic dynamism and the unabashed pursuit ...

In the 19th-century, Harriet Livermore boldly defended a women’s right to speak in the church and pulpit.

These Indo-Persian Spiced Knishes are vegetarian (with vegan and parve/dairy-free options) since tradition has it that Esther maintained ... (The Collective Book Studio). She writes a twice ...