Esther succeeds in enchanting the king with her extraordinary beauty and charm, and he makes her his queen. The king promotes his loyal subject Haman - whose family is notably anti-Jewish - to the ...

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 ...

She plays a central character ... to His people. Esther was the member of a Harem of King Ahasuerus, King of Persia. He banished his first wife and raised her up as his next queen.

Even so, more than most other books of the Hebrew Bible, The Book of Esther ... characters take actions and initiate events. The reigning monarch, King Ahasuerus, deposes his wife, Queen Vashti ...

We have just passed the Jewish holiday of Purim, a time to commemorate the story of Queen Esther, who saved the Jewish people ...

Esther’s story, and even those of other characters in this story ... She starts as this quiet, passive queen, hiding her Jewish identity. But then, she is called upon to step up and save ...

JTA – Queen Esther is back in the news – and it’s not good news, and it’s got very little to do with the Jewish holiday of Purim, in whose story she is the starring character. Loved and ...

The exhibition, titled 'Beautiful Esther. Purim, A Timeless Story' looks at the persona of the Biblical figure of Queen Esther through the medium of Renaissance art, precious parchments ...