A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther ... conceived a plot to eradicate the Jews of Persia. Esther was stirred to action, believing she existed precisely ...

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

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

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 ...

On this sacred holiday, we commemorate the harrowing tale of Haman’s genocidal plot to eradicate the Jewish people, a scheme thwarted by the courage and unshakable emunah (faith) of Esther and ...

A woman who rarely receives praise, though her disobedience was for an understandable reason and ultimately provided the ...

Purim is the celebration of Jews' salvation from slaughter by the Persian empire thanks to the bravery of Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai (more on them later). Purim is one of the most fun ...

JP “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” at the Jewish Museum, New York (through August 10): In the mid-seventeenth ...

After the evil plot to kill the Jews of Persia is exposed ... “The king’s response to Queen Esther displays a complete and tragic failure of imagination. He cannot envision a different ...