An exhibition dedicated to Purim, one of the most joyful holidays of the Jewish calendar and especially to its Queen Esther.

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

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

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 ...

Esther, according to the biblical story, is a young Jewish woman who becomes the queen of Persia, risks her life and saves her people, popular even as a Purim costume. Both of us have worn her ...

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

An oil painting by Gerrit van Honthorst, “Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart as Esther,” renders the Queen of Bohemia in the style of the Persian ruler and insists on a lineage of royalty. “Esther and ...

Chabad of Manhasset transported guests back in time with a “Purim in Persia” celebration at the Starry Ballroom.

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

The often-repeated verse were Mordechai counsels Esther that she was put in her place as Queen “for such a time ... Not since Haman has Persia been the threat it is to the Jewish people.

It goes like this: during the fourth century BCE, Queen Esther of Persia used her influence to save the Jewish people from being eradicated. The king at the time, King Ahasuerus, along with his prime ...

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 ...