Purim

Purim - Armed with feminist and political theory, Don Seeman probes the depths of Malbim's Esther commentary.

Ariel Clark Silver describes how Queen Esther’s story inspired women’s rights activist Louisa May Alcott’s short fable of an Aster who wisely ruled the kingdom of the flowers.

Tzvi Sinensky contends that the rabbinic and feminist readings of Vashti are not diametrically opposed.

Shlomo Zuckier takes a closer look at the cultural and theological underpinnings of this hit new Orthodox music video.

Tzvi Sinensky suggests that the Megillah itself confronts the question of Purim's legitimacy.

In a rare piece of Lehrhaus Purim Torah, Mark Glass explores—with surprising halakhic rigor—whether the Pokémon named Bulbasaur’s use of a Solar Beam attack would constitute cooking on Shabbat.

The biblical figure of Esther is often interpreted by traditional and modern commentators as a heroine of active leadership. Naama Sadan offers a novel perspective, according to which Esther confronts national crisis in female-coded ways, triumphing and saving her people through internally-focused activism.

David Zvi Kalman reviews Koren Publishers’ new graphic novel version of Megillat Esther.

Tzvi Sinensky explores the hidden world of Esther with the help of Nathaniel Hawthorne.