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Purim

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Chil­dren’s
Meet the Hamantaschen
Alan Sil­ber­berg
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Fic­tion
A Queen to the Res­cue: The Sto­ry of Hen­ri­et­ta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
Nancy Churnin, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
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Fic­tion
The Sev­enth Handmaiden
Judith Pransky
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Chil­dren’s
Esther’s Mag­i­cal Mys­tery Torah
Rabbi Jonathan Leener, Jessica Tamar Deutsch (illus.)
Essay

Cel­e­brat­ing Purim in a Slave Society

Avi­va Ben-Ur
February 26, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
Esther in America
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)
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Chil­dren’s
Queen Vashti’s Com­fy Pants
Leah Rachel Berkowitz, Ruth Bennett (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
Esther Didn’t Dream of Being Queen
Allison Ofanansky, Valentina Belloni (illus.)
Excerpt

Excerpt: Esther in America

Stu Halpern
February 22, 2021
Excerpt

Excerpt: Eat Something

Rachel Levin
February 18, 2021
Poetry

Esther’s Angels

Wendy Dick­stein
August 24, 2020
Essay

‘The Obvi­ous Hero­ine’: Anna Solomon on the Book of Esther

Anna Solomon
May 4, 2020
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Fic­tion
The Book of V. 
Anna Solomon
Essay

Hid­den Hero­ine: Queen Esther in Children’s Books

Emi­ly Schneider
March 9, 2020
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Non­fic­tion
Esther: Pow­er, Fate and Fragili­ty in Exile
Dr. Erica Brown
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Chil­dren’s
Purim Chick­en
Margery Cuyler; Puy Pinillos, illus.
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