If there were such a thing as African American royalty, Esther Scott Carter II is andwill eternally be, Queen Esther. Born June 17, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Judge Russell Luther Carter, Sr. and ...

Appeared in 38 games, making 28 starts, all at first… Hit .207 (12-for-58)… Hit two doubles and four home runs… Scored 14 runs and drove in 12… Slugged .448 with 26 total bases… Drew 13 walks and was ...

In the final chapter of the Book of Esther, the book itself is described as an iggeret, a letter. This is an unusual term for a work that ultimately would become part of Scripture. Rather than being ...

There’s no question that Purim is Judaism’s most raucous, irreverent holiday. What with the costumes, ever more outlandish as years go by; the late-night partying with all too much alcoholic ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Tonight, we hear from the man our hometown hero, hunter girdner, saved in operation epic fury.A team of five defense contractors had been sen Pensacola man critically hurt in ...

More than two thousand years ago, in the kingdom of Persia—modern-day Iran—a young Jewish woman found herself in a palace she did not choose, in a position she did not seek, facing a moment that would ...

Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday celebrating the deliverance of the Jewish people from a genocide plot in ancient Persia. The holiday is often misunderstood as "Jewish Halloween" because observers ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Since its inclusion in the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Esther has been embraced in different ways and in different times by Jews and Christians around the world. RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS ...

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The Queen has met French rape survivor, Gisele Pelicot, and told her she was left "speechless" by the account of her ordeal in her new memoir. Ms Pelicot was drugged and raped by her ex-husband, who ...

Don’t read John Irving’s latest novel, “Queen Esther,” based on hearing it’s a sequel to “Cider House Rules.” “Queen Esther” revisits Dr. Wilbur Larch and the orphanage from “Cider House Rules” but ...