Ester
Eine judische Konigin rettet ihr Volk
by Kay Weissflog
German description: Es klingt wie ein Marchen aus tausendundeiner Nacht: Die Judin Ester wird die Frau des persischen Konigs. Aufgewachsen ohne Eltern als Adoptivtochter ihres Cousins Mordechai gelangt sie am Hof zu Beliebtheit und Ansehen. Doch ihr Volk ist in grosser Gefahr. Haman, der Vizekonig, will alle Juden im persischen Reich vernichten. Ester und Mordechai gelingt es, diese Plane zu vereiteln. Die Feinde des judischen Volkes scheitern. Zur Erinnerung daran wird das Purimfest gestiftet, das im Judentum eine bedeutende Rolle spielt. Das Buch Ester ist uber zweitausend Jahre alt. Umso frappierender sind die Parallelen zu Ereignissen der jungeren Vergangenheit. Der nationalsozialistische Antisemitismus und Judenhass hat Millionen judischer Frauen, Manner und Kinder das Leben gekostet. Aktualitat besitzt das Buch Ester noch immer. Es handelt von Feindschaft und Gewalt gegenuber dem judischen Volk – und von der Gewissheit, dass ihm Rettung und Hilfe widerfahren wird. English summary: It sounds like a fairy tale from the Arabian Nights: the Jew Esther becomes the wife of the Persian king. Raised without parents as the adopted daughter of her cousin Mordecai, she achieves popularity and esteem at the court. But her people are in great danger. Haman, the viceroy, wants to destroy all Jews in the Persian Empire. Esther and Mordecai succeed in thwarting these plans. The enemies of the Jewish people fail. In commemoration, the festival of Purim is instituted, which plays an important role in Judaism. The Book of Esther is over two thousand years old. Thus parallels to events of the recent past are all the more striking. National Socialist anti-Semitism and hatred against Jews cost the lives of millions of Jewish women, men and children. The Book of Esther is relevant to this day. It is about hostility and violence against the Jewish people – and about the certainty that they will be saved and helped.
- By (author) Kay Weissflog
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