Esther in America - From the Palace of Shushan to Uncle Tom's Cabin. (video)

Abstract

From the Palace of Shushan to Uncle Tom's Cabin - Based on the chapter by Dr. Ariel Clark Silver in "Esther in America," available wherever Jewish books are sold.

From puritans to presidents, abolitionists to rabbis, artists to ethicists, Americans have understood the text of Esther to speak to their moment. It has offered solace to immigrants, forged solidarity, impacted politics and roused individuals to realize that deliverance was not to come from some other place, but from their own heroic actions on behalf of their people. We too turn once again to Esther, to the timeless scroll that continues to urge us to find strength and redemptive possibility in the least expected of places.