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Why Queen Esther was the star in the age of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam
Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. If you were to visit a home ...
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Why are Christians obsessed with Queen Esther?
the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther. This fall ...
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Thousands gather in Hostages Square to read Book of Esther on Purim eve
which tells the story of the biblical heroine Queen Esther saving the Jewish people from extermination in what is now ...
Italian museum debuts exhibit on Queen Esther ahead of Purim festivities
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.
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What is Purim? Exploring the Story of Esther and Jewish Resilience
The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while ...