Posts Tagged: Scroll of Esther
Scroll of Esther Written By 14-Year-Old Italian Girl to Be Auctioned Off in Jerusalem
JNS.org - A Megillat Esther (“Scroll of Esther”) written by a 14-year-old Jewish girl from Rome was revealed this week in Jerusalem. The discovery, especially significant...
Esther’s Way: Unmasking the ‘New Antisemitism’ on Campus
JNS.org - A few weeks ago, I woke up to a flurry of messages from my students in Australia asking how swastikas could taint the...
Queens of the Jews
Most of the queens in Jewish history are either unnamed or unknown beyond their names. Yet a number of female monarchs figure more prominently due...
Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2013
1. "Purimfest 1946" were the last words of Julius Streicher, the Nazi propaganda chief, as he approached the hanging gallows (Newsweek magazine,...
