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 story of Purim, as told in the Book of Esther, reads like a fairy tale. It takes us back some 2,400 years to the land of Persia, ruled by a King named Ahasuerus, where there lived a wicked man ...

The story of Esther, the beautiful, modest Jewish woman who became Queen of Shushan (Persia) and risked her life to save the Jewish people, has drama, comedy, suspense, danger, and a happy ending—all ...

Esther 10:1-3 reads: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon the isles of the sea. And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai ...

It’s coming up on Purim, the Semitic St. Paddy’s, Yiddishe Mardi Gras or Hebraic Halloweenof masquerade, storytelling (Purim shpiels), games, pranks, music, wine and a special Spring holiday dessert ...

The Book of Esther tells the remarkable story of a Jewish orphan who became Queen of Persia and saved her people from genocide through courage and divine providence. Esther’s bravery in approaching ...

In Yiddish and English, a single word—play, or shpil—refers both to recreational enjoyment and to theatrical performance. These two senses of shpil capture the essence of Purim, a holiday governed by ...

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 ...

Purim, celebrated every year on the 14th of Adar, commemorates how Jews living in the fourth century Persian Empire pre-empted a plot by the evil prime minister, Haman, to have them all killed. Haman ...

With Purim around the corner, it occurs to me that many people see Donald Trump as Haman, the genocidal villain of the Purim story. That’s not quite right: He’s Ahasuerus, a different kind of danger, ...

Sight & Sound Theatres will be premiering the original stage production, “Queen Esther” on March 14. The Old Testament story is set in the opulent world of Persia and like most Sight & Sound ...