The story tells us of the improbable rise of Esther, a regular Jewish subject ... its public reading every year both on the night of Purim and the next morning? I THINK the book serves as a ...

While Vashti may embody to many the ideal of the strong feminist woman by saying no and standing up for herself, she isn’t the only powerful woman in the Purim tale. Queen Esther, the story’s ...

the jokes stopped and a monitor that had displayed Purim-themed memes went dark. That’s because Chapter Nine of the story, recounted in a book of the Bible called Megillat Esther, contains a ...

This year, Purim falls on the night of Monday 6 March ... The King forgave Esther, Haman was punished and the Jews were saved. The full story of Esther is read aloud at the synagogue - a house ...

The Heritage Foundation strategy offers an insight into the persecution anti-Zionists will face in Trump’s America.

Jewish communities are celebrating Purim this week. The festival allows even the most buttoned-down orthodox sects to let loose for a day of costumes and carousing, fuelled by religiously mandated ...

Purim is a Jewish festival that usually happens in February or March each year. It celebrates a story from the Jewish Bible. In the story, Queen Esther helped to save the Jewish people from an ...