Chris Bohjalian is the author of 25 books, including Midwives (1997), The Sandcastle Girls (2012), The Guest Room (2016) and ...

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Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

JP “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” at the Jewish Museum, New York (through August 10): In the mid-seventeenth ...

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Thousands come to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on Thursday night for the Purim eve reading of the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the biblical heroine Queen Esther saving the Jewish ...

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest painters — among them Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. “The Book of Esther in ...

In case of abuse, When my child was young, maybe four or five years old, I thought that the easiest way to prepare for Purim would be to read the biblical Book of Esther out loud, together.

Within the Book of Esther, the royal power is a bumbling fool. Our holiday’s princess earns her place in Jewish lore by winning a surface-level beauty pageant, only later to be revealed as our hero.

Esther, whose name shares a root with the Hebrew word “hidden,” was everywhere. A cabinet depicting scenes from the Book of Esther is one everyday object included in the exhibition.

The Broadway-style production of the Book of Esther. Courtesy of Sight & Sound Theatres Esther’s popularity has spread even further. In Branson, Missouri, a city known for its family-friendly ...

An antique illustration of Esther's banquet from the Purim story from a book published in London in 1876. (photo credit: GETTY IMAGES) Queen Esther is back in the news — and it’s not good news ...