Unfortunately, too many conservatives and Republicans are making the mistake that partisans on the left used to make and ...

Esther secured her place in history, joining a long, celebrated line of women who give of themselves selflessly for the good ...

According to the Sages, it was Esther who asked the Jewish community to write the Megillah, so that they would remember her: ...

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...

French Jews will celebrate the festivities of Purim. Fasting, prayers, readings, meals, and costumes—these two days allow ...

Focusing on a pivotal episode within the Purim story—this crucial conversation between Mordecai and Esther teaches us the ...

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest ...

First Congregational Church in Crystal Lake presents its annual spring cantata, “Malice In the Palace,” during the 10 a.m. service on Sunday, March 16, in the church sanctuary, 461 Pierson St.

Itsik Manger (1901-1969) pioneered the fully modern, rhyming Purim shpil; his Yiddish Megile first appeared in Warsaw in 1936. After “extensive research,” he “discovered” a love triangle so spicy that ...

Esther, the story goes, was such a looker she wound up marrying King Ahasuerus, who ruled an empire that stretched from India to Ethiopia, between 486-465 B.C. He had no idea that she was Jewish.