In ‘Queen Esther,’ John Irving travels back to ‘The Cider House Rules’

The bestselling author’s 16th novel tackles antisemitism in a tale of family and love from New England to Vienna to Jerusalem ...

‘Queen Esther’ isn’t a ‘Cider House Rules’ sequel, but it’s something

The fact that “Queen Esther” isn’t a masterpiece seems neither surprising nor, frankly, the point. What’s most wonderful ...
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The Remarkable Story of Esther: A Brave Queen and Champion for the Jews

The story of Esther is one of the most important for the Jewish faith, and it is also one of the most inspirational in the entire Bible. She was an independent woman in the court of a Persian king and ...
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Esther, the Queen of Persia Who Saved the Jews

Esther denouncing Haman, Ernest Normand, 1888. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain According to Biblical tradition, a young Jewish woman named Esther became Queen of Persia during the reign of ...