{"id":36406,"date":"2021-02-26T03:27:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=36406"},"modified":"2021-02-24T22:45:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T06:45:31","slug":"happy-purim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2021\/02\/26\/happy-purim\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Purim!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cQueen Esther Revealing Her True Identity\u201d by Lilian Broca.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36407\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/feb-26-toc.26.Queen-Esther-Revealing-her-True-Identity_Lilian-Broca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/feb-26-toc.26.Queen-Esther-Revealing-her-True-Identity_Lilian-Broca-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cQueen Esther Revealing Her True Identity\u201d by Lilian Broca\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/feb-26-toc.26.Queen-Esther-Revealing-her-True-Identity_Lilian-Broca-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/feb-26-toc.26.Queen-Esther-Revealing-her-True-Identity_Lilian-Broca.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cQueen Esther Revealing Her True Identity\u201d by Lilian Broca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cQueen Esther Revealing Her True Identity\u201d is the last mosaic of artist Lilian Broca\u2019s Queen Esther Mosaics Series in chronological order. A mature and confident Queen Esther in her most expensive and beautiful attire is removing the mask \u2013 the symbol of her secret identity \u2013 revealing an intelligent and self-assured leader. On the table, a <em>rhyton<\/em> (Persian gold or silver drinking vessel) is knocked over, spilling its red wine contents; the wine symbolizing the spilled blood of the Hebrew people as planned by Haman. The plotted genocide is now averted, however, through Queen Esther\u2019s disclosure to her husband, King Ahasuerus, of Haman\u2019s evil design. In this mosaic, Broca notes that it is her intention to \u201ciconize\u201d Queen Esther as a paragon of supreme leadership, loyalty, wisdom and vision. In a patriarchal society, this unique female figure succeeded in bringing peace through accommodation, cooperation and negotiation. Her hero status enables her to become a role model for all women, then and now.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Broca and her art, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lilianbroca.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lilianbroca.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cQueen Esther Revealing Her True Identity\u201d by Lilian Broca. \u201cQueen Esther Revealing Her True Identity\u201d is the last mosaic of artist Lilian Broca\u2019s Queen Esther Mosaics Series in chronological order. A mature and confident Queen Esther in her most expensive and beautiful attire is removing the mask \u2013 the symbol of her secret identity \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[781],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}