Video opens with a title slide that reads “Esther Shorr, Senior Lecturer in Hebrew” and displays a headshot image of Esther Shorr. Esther Shorr appears on the screen in front of a black background.

The story of Esther, Mordechai and Haman is really a contemporary tale about our struggle between good and evil inclinations. TEL AVIV (JTA) — Yair Lapid, a cultural icon in Israel, was asked ...

Some communities are choosing to address head-on the uncomfortable text of the Book of Esther’s ninth chapter at a time when the Jewish people are responding emotionally, spiritually and ...

in Religion (Hebrew Bible) at Duke University and has taught at William & Mary since 2021. Her dissertation, Writing Esther, unpacks the materiality of the Esther scroll in Judaism and shows how Jews ...