Vashti's Daughter

The Book of Esther, also known as the Megillah, is one of the five stories in the Writings section of the Old Testament. It is a story well known to both Christians and Jews as the tale of the heroic Esther who saves the Jewish people from annihilation by the evil Haman.

The festive holiday of Purim is celebrated every year in the Jewish community with costume parties, parades and special fruit-filled tri-corner pastries called Hamentashen.

But before Esther, there was Vashti, the king’s firs...