Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...

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The soldiers filmed themselves firing upon mention of Purim villain Haman; army says their behavior was 'contrary to IDF ...

The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.

Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

For children, the Book of Esther is a fairy tale — of kings, queens, beauty contests and the foiled plans of a dastardly ...

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest ...

Esther, whose name shares a root with the Hebrew word “hidden,” was everywhere. In the new exhibition, The Book of Esther in ...

While the book is a work of fiction, Sendowski ensures that it remains faithful to the historical and textual integrity of ...