Jewish Journal3d
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 Times of Israel on MSN2d
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 Blogs | The Times of Israel3d
Esther in the Shadow of Joseph: The Real Message of Megillat Esther
Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We ...
Italian museum debuts exhibit on Queen Esther ahead of Purim festivities
Visitors of the exhibit will be treated to the sight of an extremely rare 17th century parchment scroll made in Ferrara by ...
The New York Sun5d
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 ...
Purim has important lessons of the longest hatred – and the longest love
Jews this week celebrate Purim and read the Book of Esther, which tells the story their escape from annihilation at the hands ...
The Forward on MSN10d
Why Queen Esther was the star in the age of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam
An exhibit at the Jewish Museum shows how the example of Esther inspired artists, artisans and even royalty in the 17th ...