An Israeli community is observing the Jewish holiday of Purim with a sacred item made by a group of Oklahomans halfway across the globe. Rabbi Juan Mejia, of Oklahoma City, said he and other members ...

It is always amazing to me how there are families who react to unbearable tragedy by creating something deeply meaningful and beautiful for the Jewish people and, indeed, for the world. his is what ...

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The Book of Esther is a court story. There is not a single spiritual expression let alone a religious expression from the beginning to its end. Do not look in the Megillah for the name of God because ...

This weekend hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the dedication of a Torah scroll in memory of Esther Horgan in the town of Tal Menashe in northern Samaria. Esther Horgan, 52, was murdered while ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Scroll of Esther may have been the original inspiration for the old joke said to summarize Jewish holidays: "They tried to kill us. But we won. Let's eat." Purim, which ...

A rare artifact offering insights on Jewish history - an Esther scroll penned by a young girl in Italy - is set to go on display following restoration at the Israel Museum. Complete with decorations ...

Purim is undoubtedly one of the most boisterous, cheerful and joyous festivals in the Jewish calendar. It takes place in early spring on 14th of Adar, which this year starts at sundown on March 11.

The book of Esther is a part of both the Jewish and Christian religious canons, referenced in rabbinic literature in the second century A.D and believed to have been written in the early centuries B.C ...

At 6.5 m wide when fully unfurled, with over 200 illustrations, many in rich colour, the manuscript in the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library in Hanover, Germany, is an object of beguiling and still ...