The Bible contains a story of how a young Jewish woman named Esther became the Queen of Persia and saved the Jews from an ...

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 ...

The Book of Esther tells the remarkable story of a Jewish orphan who became Queen of Persia and saved her people from genocide through courage and divine providence. Esther’s bravery in approaching ...

With Election Day weeks away, both parties are reaching out to people of faith, as those with some religious affiliation are still a large percentage of Americans voters, having with a huge impact.

(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) — ...

Jan Lievens, "The Feast of Esther" (c. 1625), oil on canvas (image courtesy North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh / Bridgeman Images) The Jewish Museum’s latest exhibition, The Book of Esther in the ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim begins at sunset, Saturday, March 23. At synagogues across the world, people will read the Book of Esther. But its story of celebration is followed by another, darker ...

Christian author and broadcaster Eric Metaxas accused Tucker Carlson this week of a "satanic inversion" of the book of Esther's message, after Carlson criticized its application to current events ...

You wouldn’t guess it from glancing around the Jewish Museum’s current exhibition “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” but the book in question ends in carnage. The Persian king Ahasuerus ...

Find today’s readings here. “God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you, for I am taking my life in my hand. As a child I used to ...