{"id":46130,"date":"2025-03-14T01:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=46130"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T00:09:16","slug":"the-courage-of-esther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/the-courage-of-esther\/","title":{"rendered":"The courage of Esther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cQueen Esther with Mordechai,\u201d a Venetian glass mosaic triptych, 64\u201d x 64\u201d, by Vancouver artist Lilian Broca.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis triptych mosaic image depicts a scene in the harem of King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther\u2019s Palace in Susa,\u201d writes Lilian Broca on her website. \u201cMordechai just brought Haman\u2019s decree, which announces the proposed genocide of Esther\u2019s people in Persia. Esther is reeling as she reads the parchment. She realizes at this moment that her role as a submissive wife to the king is about to change.\u201d For more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lilianbroca.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lilianbroca.com<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cQueen Esther with Mordechai,\u201d a Venetian glass mosaic triptych, 64\u201d x 64\u201d, by Vancouver artist Lilian Broca.\u00a0 \u201cThis triptych mosaic image depicts a scene in the harem of King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther\u2019s Palace in Susa,\u201d writes Lilian Broca on her website. \u201cMordechai just brought Haman\u2019s decree, which announces the proposed genocide of Esther\u2019s people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[781],"tags":[23896,3255,23897,982],"class_list":["post-46130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays","tag-esther","tag-megillah","tag-mordechai","tag-purim"],"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\/46130","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=46130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}