The timing of Israel’s strike, days before the holiday, prompted religious and political figures to invoke themes from the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Since its inclusion in the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Esther has been embraced in different ways and in ...

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 ...

This book is named after its principal character, Esther, the beautiful Jewish maiden whose vicissitudes at the court of Persia were instrumental in saving her people from extermination. In the Hebrew ...

This must be President Trump’s year of living biblically. Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a trip to the Holy Land during the Jewish holiday of Purim, offered his diplomatic view that God ...

The Book of Esther is an ongoing challenge in terms of family relations, responsibility, the nature of celebration, the import of records, the nature of historical “truth,” etc. Purim – and again one ...

Most Christian, Muslim and Jewish children learn the story of Esther at a young age. She is an immigrant woman chosen to marry a Persian king who plans a genocide of her people. Esther is tempted to ...