Additional Resources

 

Books

 
 

Additional Video Presentations from Megillah Project Presenters and Partners

Lincoln & Esther: A Study in Statesmanship - Based on the chapter by Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik in Esther in America.

From the Palace of Shushan to Uncle Tom's Cabin - Based on the chapter by Dr. Ariel Clark Silver in Esther in America.

Haman in the American Revolution - Based on the chapter by Dr. Eran Shalev in Esther in America.

 

Erica Brown, The Destiny Moment

Erica Brown, The Courtier’s Dilemma

Erica Brown, Joy, Finally

 

Entrepreneur Michael Eisenberg and Professor Aaron Koller, both of whom have written books on The Book of Esther, in conversation (929 English)

Economics in the Book of Esther (Michael Eisenberg in conversation with Aaron Koller)

Educator Shira Schiowitz, Megillat Esther: The Human and the Divine (929 English)

Articles

Wendy Amsellem, Vashti and Esther: A Feminist Perspective (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Stephen H. Arnoff, The Concealed Face of God: Why isn't God mentioned in the Book of Esther? (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Abraham Berkowitz, “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” — Jesus or Esther? (at TheTorah.com)

Adele Berlin, All About Esther (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Adele Berlin, The Book of Esther (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Adele Berlin, Esther as Comedy: Can a Book of the Bible be Funny? (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Adele Berlin, How the Book of Esther Changed (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Adele Berlin, Josephus’s Version of Esther (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Marc Zvi Brettler, Megillat Esther: Reversing the Legacy of King Saul (at TheTorah.com)

Ayalon Eliach, Mordechai the Villain: The Untold Story of Drinking on Purim (Ha’aretz)

Ayalon Eliach, Where Do Purim “Spiels” Come From? (Ha’aretz)

Zev Farber, Why Does Mordechai not report the Assassination Plot Directly to Ahasuerus? (at TheTorah.com)

Irving Greenberg, Were Mordecai and Esther Assimilated Jews? (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Jill Jacobs, The Book of Esther’s Vilent Ending: When an Oppressed Group Massacres Others (at MyJewishLearning.com)

Sara Japhet, Survival and Revival: Megillat Esther and Ezra-Nehemiah (at TheTorah.com)

Sara Japhet and Zev Farber, Unraveling Megillat Esther: How the Story was Developed (at TheTorah.com)

Aaron Koller, A More Religious Megillah: The Jewish-Greek Version of Esther (at TheTorah.com)

Laura Lieber, Tisha B’Av with Queen Esther (at TheTorah.com)

Marty Lockshin, Haman's Antisemitism: What Did He Not Like About the Jews? (at TheTorah.com)

Shai Secunda, Reading Megillah in Tehran: How Iranian Jews Celebrate Purim (in Tablet)

Malka Zeiger Simkovich, Zev Farber, David Steinberg, Ahasuerus and Vashti: The Story Megillat Esther Does Not Tell You (at TheTorah.com)

Wendy Zierler, The Enduring Value of "These Days of Purim" (at TheTorah.com)

The Purim Story, animated in four minutes, created by BimBam

Veggietales: The Girl Who Became Queen

 
 

Esther in Cinema and Television

“Esther and the King” (1960 film) (starring Joan Collins as Esther)

“One Night with the King” (2007 film)

“The Story of Esther” from the miniseries “Greatest Heroes of the Bible” (starring Victoria Principal as Esther)

“The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible — Esther” (animated episode by Hanna-Barbera) (starring Helen Slater as Esther)

“The Bible Collection: Esther” (2000 film) (starring F. Murray Abraham as Mordecai)

 
 

Music

“The Esther Song” by Stereo Sinai (featuring Alicia Jo Rabins)

“Ahasuerus” by Offer Nissim

[Hebrew] “Hadassah Esther” by Shlomi Shabat and Lehakat Kachol

“Esther” by the Hold Steady

Comedy

[Hebrew] “Esther and Mordecai Celebrate the Victory Over the Persians” (Hayehudim Baim, Israeli sketch comedy show)

[Hebrew] “Purim at the Iranian Nuclear Reactor” (from Eretz Nehederet, Israeli sketch comedy show) (click on the internal link to watch on YouTube)