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 ...

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 ...

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

Queen Esther. “Renaissance masterpieces and rare parchments illustrate the story of Esther, the biblical heroine who saved the Jewish people by thwarting the plot of Haman, the King of Persia ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...