She was linked to the morning star, and her name was “Ishtar” – or “Esther,” as she was called in Hebrew. This is the story that inspires the Jewish holiday of Purim, which begins this ...

So what was it about the Book of Esther that not only made the rabbis include it but mandated its public reading every year both on the night of Purim and the next morning? I THINK the book serves ...

The Jewish calendar offers one answer. Thursday is Ta’anit Esther, a sunrise-to-sunset fast day that takes place every year before the Purim holiday. The fast commemorates Queen Esther’s fas ...

Interviews with some prominent folks whose names either come from the Megillah or sound like they are straight from the scroll. LOS ANGELES (JTA) — With Purim just a grogger’s turn away on ...

The well-known Jewish holiday, Purim, describes a plot by a Persian official who attempted to destroy the Jewish people ...

Purim is a Jewish festival that usually happens in February or March each year. It celebrates a story from the Jewish Bible. In the story, Queen Esther helped to save the Jewish people from an ...

In the end, she saves her people. Jews remember Esther during the holiday of Purim. Yet religious scholars note that over centuries, her story has been widely embraced because anyone can see ...

De-Whyte, Janice P. 2022. Surviving Persia: Esther’s Scroll, Anti-Black Racism and the Propaganda of Peace and Progress. Religions, Vol. 13, Issue. 9, p. 829.

The hamantaschen is perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the Jewish holiday of Purim. This triangle-shaped pastry is often served with a wide variety of fillings, from fruits like blueberry or ...

Jewish people all over the world will be celebrating the start of the festival of Purim. Find out how you can make a gragger and what they are used for. The Purim story features a villain called ...