The Hebrew version we read doesn’t mention God, and avoids theology. But the ancient Greek versions of the story took a very different approach.
For one of the founding practitioners of Israel’s cross-dressing performance art—chased out to Tel Aviv by ultra-Orthodox antipathy—Purim is just another day to do battle for her right to be her
An English Jew pays his respects
From Queen Elizabeth to Abraham Lincoln, the story of Purim has shaped our most contentious debates
Rewriting the story of Vashti
How the story of Purim is told in Christian scripture, and how Martin Luther became Esther’s enemy
A new book about British royalty claims that Prince Charles had a mighty ‘infatuation’ with Barbra Streisand
The recently published footage from 1933 is less about what was, and more about could have been—had Fascists taken over Britain
Amid political upheaval, an embattled girl fled entirely alone—the lessons of Purim’s heroine propelling her to freedom
Beatrix abdicated so she could usher in a new era—of heads of state who have never experienced war
