The Purim story is one of stunning reversals, none more consequential than Esther’s transition from passivity to action. She begins as an abandoned orphan, taken in by her cousin, who instructs ...

Some Jewish people honor Queen Esther's fasting and prayer period with a fast of their own during Purim. This year, those honoring the Purim fast (also called the Fast of Esther) will fast on ...

In the Purim story, a Jew hides in plain sight among gentiles until the time is right for a big, momentous reveal that, in a miracle of history, saves our people. In late December, when I went to ...

Purim falls on March 23 and 24 this year, when Jews memorialize what is generally regarded as a story of joyful triumph of good over evil. Esther, a beautiful maiden who hides her Jewish identity ...

Esther pleads to save her people; the king agrees and orders Haman's execution. The Jews celebrate their reprieve with the first Purim and attack their oppressors.

However, Esther 9:20 explicitly mentions that “Mordecai wrote these things,” i.e., a recapitulation of events “in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the ...

Purim is the only celebration in Judaism with an entire biblical book about its origins. The Book of Esther tells how she and her pious cousin, Mordecai, defeated the scheming Haman, a powerful ...

“To me, the story of Queen Esther and Purim is all about how she stood up to a bully, Haman,” says Simpson, 64, who lives in Hamden with her husband, John. “She was very brave to do that.

With Purim just a grogger’s turn away on March 19, it's time to reroll the scroll of Esther and take another look at the whole megillah. It's a story with characters so lifelike, I should quote ...

Purim: Queen Esther, Mordechai, Haman and all the bits in between Rochel Leah Goldblatt Rockland/Westchester Journal News 0:00 ...

Purim begins at sundown on Wednesday. The holiday recalls the ancient story of how Queen Esther bravely saved the Jewish people. It is a tradition for groups of Jewish people to read from the Book ...

Responding to a reporter's question on the Jewish holiday of Purim, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday compared President Trump to Queen Esther, who helped save the Jewish people 2,500 years ...