Palm Beach synagogues mark Jewish holiday of Purim
Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.
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Unveiling the Strategy Behind the Megillah: A Bold New Take on Esther’s Story
While the book is a work of fiction, Sendowski ensures that it remains faithful to the historical and textual integrity of ...
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Want to be Alone With a Rembrandt and a Queen? Here’s Your Chance.
You might not instinctively pair Queen Esther with Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch master who invented realism in the 17th century. Yet “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” a delectably ...
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When Queen Esther and Rembrandt Took Amsterdam by Storm
The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest ...
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Iranian chief rabbi reads the Book of Esther at the Tomb of Mordechai and Esther
Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...
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On Purim in wartime, Jews wrestle with a biblical story of retribution
The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.
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Thousands gather in Hostages Square to read Book of Esther on Purim eve
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