Well, not totally surprised. Esther’s story has been used as a symbol for centuries, as authors Elizabeth Dias and Ruth ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The book of Esther is one of the most challenging books in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, not only because of the difficulty of ...

Who Wrote the Book of Esther? Tradition says Mordechai wrote the Book of Esther, but surely he wouldn't have gotten the timing of his own expulsion a century wrong? At the very core of the Jewish ...

Many of my friends and family were so caught up in this week’s election that it seems that half of them are going to suffer ...

One of the most surprising horror franchises around has received some more unexpected news this week. The Orphan saga, ...

The Torah, in the Book of Esther (Megillat Esther), tells us that in the mid-fourth century BCE, a thriving Jewish community in ancient Persia risked extermination. Haman, Persian King Ahasuerus ...

A few days ago, I shared a meal with an Israeli who is living in the United States temporarily on a fellowship. Immediately ...

Your book choices were: "The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern" by Lynda Cohen Loigman, "How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund ...

Some American Jews, meanwhile, will be voting for Trump because they believe he is better for Israel. Israelis overwhelmingly ...

In the hauntingly beautiful pages of The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath takes us on a gripping journey into the fragile psyche of ...