The Book of Esther and the Haggadah tell of Jewish victories and the punishment of Jewish enemies. In 2024, they are prescient, agonizing and troubling as never before.

The Bible contains a story of how a young Jewish woman named Esther became the Queen of Persia and saved the Jews from an ...

This book is named after its principal character, Esther, the beautiful Jewish maiden whose vicissitudes at the court of Persia were instrumental in saving her people from extermination.

How the Book of Esther’s Message of Unity Remains Acutely Relevant. By. Dror Eydar - 14 Adar 5783 – March 7, 2023. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

B. Jacob, 'Esther bei den LXX' (in Stade's Zeitschrift für Alttestamentliche Wissen- schaft, Giessen, 1890, pp. 241-98) L. B. Paton, Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Esther, New York, ...

Project Esther seeks to use antisemitism as an excuse to restrict free speech, crack down on immigration and undermine ...

An 18th-century parchment scroll of the Book of Esther, preserved at the Mejanes Library in Aix-en-Provence, France. Patrick Horvais/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

Footage has emerged of Iran’s Chief Rabbi Yehuda Gerami reading from the Book of Esther and dancing with students at the Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in the city of Hamadan for the holiday of Purim.

Purim is the only celebration in Judaism with an entire biblical book about its origins. The Book of Esther tells how she and her pious cousin, Mordecai, defeated the scheming Haman, a powerful ...

It depicts the core of the Book of Esther, the judgment of Haman and his crucifixion. What stands out about the spandrel – but one could also say about Michelangelo’s genius – is its originality. The ...