The new tradition of waving a flag when Esther and Vashti's names are mentioned celebrates the triumph of these Purim heroines. Megillat Esther has been understood as a fantasy of Jewish power written ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Esther denouncing Haman, who, according to the Purim story, attempted to have all Jews within the Persian Empire massacred.

The Jewish holiday of Purim, starting Saturday evening, centers on the biblical Book of Esther. Set during the ancient Persian Empire, the story recounts how King Ahasuerus marries the beautiful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purim, a Jewish holiday that celebrates freedom and deliverance, begins March 2 at sundown. Purim is often misunderstood as ...

In Hadassah: One Night With the King, a popular 2004 novelization of the Book of Esther, the queen describes her first night alone with the king of Persia. Apparently she had a great time: … our ...

Purim is the holiday celebrated by Jews this week, marking the deliverance of the Jewish people in Persia – what was then the world’s superpower - for the past 2500 years. In recent years, a growing ...

Esther was from Persia. She was a beautiful Jewish woman who became a heroine for saving the Jews from extinction — the reason why Purim is celebrated each year. Movies that have portrayed the story ...

For children, the Book of Esther is a fairy tale — of kings, queens, beauty contests and the foiled plans of a dastardly villain. The story can be read as proto-feminist, with Esther saving her people ...

The Book of Esther does not mention God anywhere, but it is obvious that divine providence permeates the book. God preserves the Jewish people while under hostile Gentile rule in a foreign land. The ...

In anticipation of writing this year’s Purim column, I realized that I am hopelessly ambivalent about Purim 5785. Last year was difficult enough. But considering the unimaginable pain that collective ...

(The Conversation) — Whether thousands of years ago or right now, fans have always created new stories based on familiar characters, weaving their own experiences into the tale. (The Conversation) — ...