#hadassah — Public Fediverse posts
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The Book of #Esther is reckoned as the final historical book in English Old Testaments and part of the #Megillot, or five scrolls of the Writings, in the Hebrew Bible.
The Book of Esther set forth the story of how #Hadassah, or Esther, was elevated to become the queen of #Ahasuerus, who we know as #Xerxes I of #Persia. She became queen after #Vashti had displeased Xerxes and had been dismissed.
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started a #wikipedia article on American translator, writer, speaker, president of Junior Hadassah in the 1930s, Hebrew University professor in the 1950s and 1960s, Shulamith Schwartz Nardi (1909-2002): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulamith_Nardi @wikiwomeninred @barnardcollege @hebrewu #Israel #DeadSeaScrolls #Palestine #Hadassah #Zionism #HebrewLiterature