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

The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while ...

Footage has emerged of Iran’s Chief Rabbi Yehuda Gerami reading from the Book of Esther and dancing with students at the Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in the city of Hamadan for the holiday of Purim.

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

Captivity survivor Agam Berger on Wednesday evening called on the public to attend a reading of the Book of Esther, which is read during the holiday of Purim, to take place at Hostages Square on ...

The biblical musical, written more than three decades ago by LifeHouse founder Wayne Scott, runs April 12-May 11.

You might not instinctively pair Queen Esther with Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch master who invented realism in the 17th century. Yet “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” a delectably ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday evening marked the holiday of Purim by participating in the traditional "megillah reading," during which the Scroll of Esther is read, at the “Shemesh ...