Mordechai and Esther are the antithesis of Haman, the atheist materialist who turns himself into god. Mordechai and Esther are believers who put the nation’s good in the center of existence ...

Mordechai’s ancestors were among the leaders first exiled from Yerushalayim. Following their lead, he assumed a leadership role in Shushan. He adopted Esther and discovered and foiled the plot ...

On the following day, another 75,000. Esther and Mordechai writing the second letter of Purim, painted by Arent de Gelder. (credit: Rhode Island School of Design Museum/Wikimedia Commons ...

Footage has emerged of Iran’s Chief Rabbi Yehuda Gerami reading from the Book of Esther and dancing with students at the Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in the city of Hamadan for the holiday of Purim.

Mordechai places himself at the palace gates, fully aware that the royal guards might disapprove of his presence in such a ...

empowering others to find their Esther spark. That’s what Mordechai did in the Purim story. Without support and guidance from ...

Nearly every character in the book is a caricature, from the bumbling King Achashverosh, to the wicked Haman; from the wise ...

The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to ...

Esther’s more contemplative side is depicted in the 1685 painting “Esther and Mordecai” by Aert de Gelder. In it, Esther, ...

maiden Esther was actually in love with a socialist tailor’s apprentice with whom she had been planning to elope to Vienna — ...