The Times of Israel on MSN7d
Iranian chief rabbi reads the Book of Esther at the Tomb of Mordechai and Esther
Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...
The New York Sun10d
When Queen Esther and Rembrandt Took Amsterdam by Storm
The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest ...
Jewish Journal8d
Unveiling the Strategy Behind the Megillah: A Bold New Take on Esther’s Story
While the book is a work of fiction, Sendowski ensures that it remains faithful to the historical and textual integrity of ...
The Forward on MSN9dOpinion
How to navigate the Court of Trump? Esther’s pragmatism vs. Vashti’s principles
For children, the Book of Esther is a fairy tale — of kings, queens, beauty contests and the foiled plans of a dastardly ...
The Forward on MSN16d
Why are Christians obsessed with Queen Esther?
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 Washington, ...
Catholic News Agency6d
The Apocrypha?
Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon, several times in his writings cited Books from the larger canon as Scripture.