Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen Esther ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, starting Saturday evening, centers on the biblical Book of Esther. Set during the ancient Persian Empire, the story recounts how King Ahasuerus marries the beautiful ...

This weekend, Jews around the world will come together to celebrate the holiday of Purim, recounting the miracles that occurred in ancient Persia leading to a reversal of fate when the Jewish ...

Esther, the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus, effectively concealed her Jewish identity until the prime minister Haman hatched a plot to annihilate the kingdom’s Jews. To save her people Esther ...

In the ancient Achaemenid Empire, Jews faced annihilation. King Ahasuerus’ evil vizier Haman had convinced the king of the rightness of this policy. To thwart the genocide, Mordecai, an influential ...

159 x 224 cm. (62.6 x 88.2 in.) The present painting is registered in the Fototeca Zeri under no. 72900 (as Anonymous Venetian, 18th Century). We are grateful to Mauro Lucco for endorsing the ...

Vintage colour lithograph from 1882 of Esther standing in the Inner Court of the King’s House duncan1890/Getty Images It didn’t happen all at once. It took work to shed the names, accents and customs ...