There are places in Israel where even the air seems to remember. Ibim is one of them. A small community a few minutes from the Gaza border, it has lived with the knowledge that on 7 October 2023 the ...

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 ...

Novelist John Irving says he knew he was on track when he figured out how “Queen Esther” would end. Now he faced a new challenge: How the story began. “Like all my novels, that’s the thing I see most ...

Esther denouncing Haman, Ernest Normand, 1888. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain According to Biblical tradition, a young Jewish woman named Esther became Queen of Persia during the reign of ...

“It’s Day 1 of Queen Esther!” an Instagram post announcing the series reads. “Click the link in our bio to join @gwenstefani as she leads us through this incredible challenge!” The post gives fans a ...

Students at Agudas Achim Congregation donned their best costumes March 16 to celebrate Purim, the holiday marking the saving of the execution of Jews in 5th century BC in Persia. “We celebrate Purim ...

Afshar (The Queen’s Cook) transports readers to ancient Persia with this high-octane spin on the Purim story. Sazana is a prodigious potter who keeps her Jewish heritage a secret from her employer ...

Esther 10:1-3 reads: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon the isles of the sea. And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai ...

I’ve been imagining setting the clock back to 1978, with a prosperous and free Iran, a thriving member of the nations making incalculable contributions to the world. Not the country Iran has become ...

International (MNN) — As International Media Ministries works to film the biblical story of Esther, the team has witnessed it impact their own cast in powerful ways. “The story of Esther is one woman ...