Queen Esther, the story’s heroine ... When I came across her teachings, I had lived most of my life in fear of speaking out about the challenges of being a woman in Judaism.

Why are any of us here? Esther was about to choose to transition to adulthood and hear the call to find meaning in her life. She starts as this quiet, passive queen, hiding her Jewish identity.

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th ... she asks Ahaseureus, “Let my life be granted me by my plea, and the life of my people by my request.” Here she looks into ...

In galleries, you could see the queen, who Jews commemorate ... which feature both familiar still life and orientalist ...

At the event, the ancient Jewish queen’s story was recast as ... Ford’s connection to Esther runs deep, shaped by her own life experiences. Raised in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, she grew up ...

Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

Risking her life, she confessed to the king that she was not a gentile after all, and she persuaded him to save her people. You might not instinctively pair Queen Esther with Rembrandt van Rijn ...

According to Simon & Schuster, “Queen Esther” will span much of the 20th century as it follows the life of Esther Nacht, a ...