Suzanna Murawski on “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” at the Jewish Museum, New York.

What the queen means to Jewish tradition and to resisting tyranny and persecution—in the seventeenth century and today.

Jews all over the world share the story of the Book of Esther on Purim, also known as the megillah, which recounts the full story of the Purim miracle.

Iran's regime arrested at least 35 Jews after Israeli airstrikes, using its Jewish population as political pawns while ...

Esther Freud's new novel, My Sister and Other Lovers, is out now and she will be speaking at the Edinburgh International Book ...

Other religions can pretend to offer answers; Judaism seems best at offering meaning in the absence of answers.

Esther’s rabbi, Batsheva Meiri, put it this way: “We love Esther. Like her biblical namesake, she shows up with courage in ...

Kouri Richins is now accused of several financial crimes in addition to poisoning her husband Eric.

Kouri Richins faces multiple new charges, including seven counts of felony money laundering and five counts of felony forgery.

All you need to know about the next book in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, Winds of Winter ...

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the last victim of the June 12 floods as 77-year-old Esther Chong on Monday.