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

We have just passed the Jewish holiday of Purim, a time to commemorate the story of Queen Esther, who saved the Jewish people ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen Esther ...

But if it’s so holy, why is it based on a book in the Bible where God ... to find their own meaning. Esther, a Jewish orphan, conceals her identity and becomes queen (Esther 2:10, 2:17).

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest painters — among them Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. “The Book of Esther in ...

Even so, more than most other books of the Hebrew Bible ... Queen Vashti, for disobedience. Then Ahasuerus searches for a replacement by holding a competition among the young women in his realm ...

JTA – Queen Esther is back in the news – and it’s not good news, and it’s got very little to do with the Jewish holiday of Purim, in whose story she is the starring character. Loved and ...

It would seem to be the most improbable of scenarios: A young woman of impeccable Jewish virtue and pedigree is kidnapped, violated, and forced into an oppressive intermarriage with an unsavory ...

If you were to visit a home in Amsterdam in the 17th Century, you might find, in the kitchen, the library, or even inside the fireplace, a scene of the biblical Queen Esther approaching her ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Hundreds of people attended the funeral of a Southampton traveller community "Queen". Doreen Ward, who had 11 children, 47 grandchildren ...

Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther ... in the Bible that has a clear beginning, middle, and end,” said Kristen Brewer, one of the Esther show’s ...