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

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, in front of the king’s quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room ...

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

An exhibit at the Jewish Museum shows how the example of Esther inspired artists, artisans and even royalty in the 17th ...

On 8 March we mark International Women’s Day. It is not well known that there are parts of the Bible from a female ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim is traditionally a wild and woolly festival in which costumes, noise making and drinking are ...

Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon, several times in his writings cited Books from the larger canon as Scripture.

Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...

For children, the Book of Esther is a fairy tale — of kings, queens, beauty contests and the foiled plans of a dastardly ...

Eschewing Persian version, Jewish Museum extends art curation scepter to masters like Rembrandt, who saw Esther's heroism ...