Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...

The Esther spark is about finding the courage to act, the Mordechais of our community ensure that courage spreads, igniting ...

While the book is a work of fiction, Sendowski ensures that it remains faithful to the historical and textual integrity of ...

Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We ...

It wasn't Jewish law that stopped the stalwart Jew from prostrating himself, but sound temporal reasons to protest the king's ...

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...

Taken together, the oils and etchings tell the whole story of the Megillah, with a shadowy painting of Mordecai overhearing ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with ...

‘The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt’ The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., Manhattan Through August 10 ...

Esther gets bathed in bubbles and jewels sits and waits quiet. silent. confused. She waits for a year hoping she doesn’t get ...

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, ...