This Purim, let’s take a moment to appreciate one of the great reputational rehabilitations in my Jewish lifetime: Queen Vashti. We know how the story goes: King Ahashuerus, partying with his friends ...

In the Purim story as told in the Book of Esther, Vashti was ordered to show off her beauty to the king and his drunken pals (meaning, apparently, that she would be naked). She refused. The king’s ...

One queen is summoned by the king and refuses to come. The next queen competes in a beauty pageant and saves her people. Vashti and Esther are two of the rare female protagonists in Tanakh. The two ...

(RNS) — It’s sad to see a carefully preserved Jewish historical tradition sacrificed on the altar of a contemporary ism. On Purim, observant Jewish men, to varying degrees, imbibe strong drink. And ...

Queen Vashti refuses to obey King Achashverosh's command to attend a banquet to display her beauty.(Culture Club/Getty Images) Purim was probably my favourite day of the year at my Jewish day school.

Consider the book of Esther in the Bible’s Old Testament where the story of two women is expounded in the early chapters: Queen Vashti and Esther. Vashti was a queen married to King Xerxes, and as a ...

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Purim, which commemorates the Jewish people’s deliverance from near destruction in ancient Persia, is celebrated from sundown Feb. 25 to sundown on the 26th. It’s a joyous holiday celebrated with ...

This Purim, I am thinking about female leaders from the past and present. Two stories. Two different time periods. One states, “…every man should wield authority in his own home.” If other women feel ...

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