Jan Lievens, "The Feast of Esther" (c. 1625), oil on canvas (image courtesy North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh / Bridgeman Images) The Jewish Museum’s latest exhibition, The Book of Esther in the ...

But, there is another reason Esther petitioned to have her story revealed to all. We must realize that Esther had to live a life that was the antithesis of the ambition of any good Bais Yaakov girl.

Jewish persecution and Jewish self-protection, not to mention Jewish paranoia, the relations of Jews and Persians, the morality of Jewish reprisals for Jewish persecution, even the impulsive acts of a ...

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some artists today. By Deborah Solomon As far as biblical heroines go, Esther ...

Vintage colour lithograph from 1882 of Esther standing in the Inner Court of the King’s House duncan1890/Getty Images It didn’t happen all at once. It took work to shed the names, accents and customs ...

This Purim, let’s take a moment to appreciate one of the great reputational rehabilitations in my Jewish lifetime: Queen Vashti. We know how the story goes: King Ahashuerus, partying with his friends ...