The successors of Vashti, the brave Persian woman in the Purim story, are key to the future, writes a musicologist who recently unearthed her family's story.

Vashti’s training regimen these last few months? Avoiding illness amid a global heath crisis, obviously. “I think the one thing I know I am going to change when I get closer to the Olympics is who I ...

Uncrowned is a new destination for all things MMA, boxing, wrestling, and more, featuring Ariel Helwani. Vashti Cunningham flutters her fingers, presses her lips tight into a determined scowl, bores ...

Rachel Glenn, second, Charity Hufnagel, first, and Vashti Cunningham, third place, pose with their medals and flags after competing in the women's high jump final on Day Four of the 2024 U.S. Olympic ...

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How many books of the Tanach begin with a story made for the tabloids? The Book of Esther jumps right in with a dramatic ...

Vashti Cunningham was determined to win gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She was 18, competing in the high jump, and eager to live up to the expectations of her last name, which is ...

“Is Vashti the evil queen of the Purim story?” my daughter asked me after a recent Hebrew school class. Vashti, of course, was the erstwhile queen of Persia, according to the Bible’s Book of Esther.

Vashti Cunningham, the daughter of a NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham and pro South African ballerina Felicity deJager, is poised to become the world's best high jumper. This story first appeared in ...

Cult folk legend Vashti Bunyan made a comeback in the mid 2000s after the long-overlooked artist was repositioned as a forebear to the “freak folk” movement of the era, and all the new attention ...