The Forward on MSN21d
Why are Christians obsessed with Queen Esther?
At the event, the ancient Jewish queen’s story was recast ... Texas schools recently adopted a Bible-based curriculum that ...
The New York Sun15d
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 ...
The Forward21d
Why Queen Esther was the star in the age of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam
If you were to visit a home in Amsterdam in the 17th Century, you might find, in the kitchen, the library, or even inside the fireplace, a scene of the biblical Queen Esther approaching her ...
The New York Times14d
Want to be Alone With a Rembrandt and a Queen? Here’s Your Chance.
A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the ... Rembrandt’s “Jewish Heroine From the Hebrew Bible,” is sequestered in a small antechamber ...