Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We dress up as someone else – just as Esther hid her identity (the name ...

These books, such as –Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Tobit, and Judith, 1st and 2nd Maccabees, additions to Esther and Daniel– have been part ... (RELATED: Did Harper Collins Omit 64,575 Words In The NIV And ...

Dame Esther Rantzen's health has taken a turn as her daughter updates the public on her battle with terminal lung cancer. The British journalist and television presenter was originally diagnosed ...

But it appears that Esther will have rather more luck in the dating game. Zahra reveals that Esther gets an exciting love interest in Beyond Paradise season 3, while Dylan says poor Kelby struggles.

Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther. This fall, just ahead of the presidential election, she helped organize An Esther Call to the Mall, a march in ...

Dame Esther Rantzen is no longer responding to her medication, her daughter has revealed. The broadcaster, campaigner and journalist is battling terminal lung cancer. Initially, Dame Esther found ...

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest painters — among them Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. “The Book of Esther in ...

As Purim nears, conservatives are invoking Queen Esther to justify policies that critics say threaten democracy and civil rights in the US. An antique illustration of Esther's banquet from the ...

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This Autumn, award-winning British-Lebanese comedian Esther Manito (as seen on Live at the Apollo and Stand Up Sketch Show) sets out on her biggest UK tour to date. Did you know with a Digital ...

Esther, born Hadassah – perhaps her true name is hidden to protect her reputation – is taken by force into the Oriental harem of King Ahasuerus. Though he rules a vast empire – India to ...