A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...
The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where ...
According to the Sages, it was Esther who asked the Jewish community to write the Megillah, so that they would remember her: ...
American Jews should stand up against a movement that coopts Queen Esther, a Jewish heroine, to attack free speech and queer ...
An orphan, she was raised by her older cousin Mordecai, who coached her to conceal her faith in an age of religious persecution. Esther, the story goes, was such a looker she wound up marrying ...
Esther, a Jewish orphan, conceals her identity and becomes queen (Esther 2:10, 2:17). Haman, the king’s advisor, plots to annihilate the Jewish people (Esther 3:5-6). Mordecai, Esther’s cousin ...
American Jews must stand up against a movement that appropriates a Jewish heroine to attack free speech and queer people ...
Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther. This fall, just ahead of the presidential election, she helped organize An Esther Call to the Mall, a march in ...