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Leadership Through Retreat: A New Perspective on the Book of Esther

JL;DR SUMMARY Naama Sadan explores the Book of Esther through the lens of gender-influenced leadership styles and crisis management. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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LeadershipPurimGender RolesCrisis ManagementJewish WisdomFemale EmpowermentEstherSymbolic NarrativesPassivityContemporary Challenges

Places mentioned

Shushan, Isfahan, Iran
"In the fortress [of] Shushan lived a Jew by the name of Mordekhai, son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjaminite."
Babylon, Baghdad, Iraq
"which had been driven into exile by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon."
Israel
"A similar theme of Esthers shift from passive to active appears in the 929 Project, which serves as a major access point to biblical stories for contemporary readers."

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