Purim storie

At the height of the Zoroastrian Persian Empire, a young Jewish woman must rise to save her people from a cruel royal advisor, who plots to murder all the Jews in the land. Based on the story of Purim.

Coming of age teenage adventure set in northern Israel at a time of high cross-border tension. A true story based on the author's own diary from the time.

A Purim Shpiel idea that I wrote up several years back. All setting, character, and story concepts are original and based off of the Book of Esther and the story of Purim.

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Esther Abbey has never been brave and has never needed to; until she's faced with an ultimatum: take a stand or face complete obliteration. ♕ modern lesbian retelling of The Book of Esther. extended synopsis inside. ♕ © dzangiewrites 2017. all rights reserved. ✯ wattys 2018 shortlist ✯

Not everyone celebrates Christmas. This boy doesn't.

In the traditional narratives of the reign of the Achaemenid king Ahasuerus and Queen Esther, important not-quite-historical figures including the sagacious Carshena, the compassionate Hegai, and the steadfast retired horse of king Ahasuerus have had their consequential roles and decisions relegated to mere anecdotes in skipped-over lists. The not-quite-history of the middle Achaemenid Empire might have turned for the worst were it not for the swift political minds of serving girls and scribes at the Persian court, or without the rivalries of those royal concubines outshined by the beautiful queen of Judean descent; though the names of these pivotal people were sadly lost to the annals of history. Bystanders in a Story of Lots flips over the traditional book of Esther so that the plot is told by those characters glossed over or all but ignored in the original text. Though much of this narrative remains a speculative endeavor for the necessary educated guesses required to fill in the gaps in the historical records, my hope is that it but begin to address the injustice done to the lots of supposed bystanders overlooked by more founded works.

A retelling of the Book of Esther

In which I write short stories based in various franchises that take place during holidays that I celebrate. *Requests are open*

After a mysterious manuscript titled Vashti's Daughter keeps appearing at her office and home, twenty-nine-year-old book publisher Anna Steine is haunted by dreams where she is living in 366 BCE. With the help of reincarnation experts, archeologists and a Kabbalah astrologer, Anna discovers she is, in fact, Adara, the reincarnated daughter of Queen Vashti, the first wife of King Achashverosh of the Book of Esther. Risking her company and budding relationship with book's author, Dr. Nathaniel Braverman, a Middle Eastern Studies professor at Brandeis University, she must find a way to break an ancient curse put on her and fulfil a vow she made centuries ago that will finally bring her true happiness and change the world's view on a biblical heroine.