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Israel’s security could, allegorically speaking, depend on the West’s ability to build an army of modern-day Iranian “Esthers.” Esther was the Jewish queen who foiled Haman’s sixth ...

which tells the story of the biblical heroine Queen Esther saving the Jewish people from extermination in what is now modern-day Iran. The gathering, which includes Israelis from different ...

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

Coincidentally, this cause is closely associated with Queen Esther, celebrated one day before Purim as Agunah Awareness Day. I also was honest with friends about my own struggles in reconciling my ...

Visitors of the exhibit will be treated to the sight of an extremely rare 17th century parchment scroll made in Ferrara by Moshe Ben Avraham Pescarol on loan from the National Library of Israel.

the ancient Jewish queen’s story was recast as a modern symbol of moral bravery, applied to contemporary conservative issues like abortion and transgender rights. Ford’s connection to Esther ...