The message of the Book of Esther, the Talmud, and Midrash is what the famed Jewish philosopher Maimonides (1138-1204) taught: God created or formed the laws of nature and is no longer involved in ...

According to a tradition dating back to at least the 1100s, Mordechai and Esther were buried in a mausoleum in Hamadan, believed to be the ancient city of Shushan mentioned in the Book of Esther.

Esther falls to her husband’s feet weeping (Esther 8:3), echoing back to what Mordechai told her to do way back in Chapter 4 (verse 8). She begged Achashveros to avert the evil plotted by Haman.

Thousands come to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on Thursday night for the Purim eve reading of the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the biblical heroine Queen Esther saving the Jewish ...

Join Forverts Editor Rukhl Schaechter for a guided tour, in Yiddish, of the Jewish Museum’s exhibit, “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” led by sociologist Adina Cimet.

The Book of Esther tells how she and her pious cousin, Mordecai, defeated the scheming Haman, a powerful royal adviser, thereby saving the Jewish people from annihilation.