When Queen Vashti famously refused to dance at the king's wine party, she precipitated a scandal in the royal court of Persia. Yet the text of the Megillah -- the Book of Esther -- does not tell us her fate. Was she executed for her audacity? Or did she escape? Millennia of opinions differ. Even the two Talmuds -- the towering treatises on Jewish law and lore -- discuss Vashti and her fate, and differ diametrically. Join us at the Greenpoint Shul (108 Noble Street) on Sunday evening, March 9th, 2025, at 7:00 PM promptly, for an exciting and dramatic lecture and reading exploring Vashti, the other queen in Megillat Esther. Doors open at 6:45PM. Program and Lecture will be in our social hall. Wine and Cheese will be provided in celebration of Purim! Be alert to Daylight Savings Time change on Saturday night, March 8th, 2025. Our Purim Lecture will begin at 7pm Promprtly on Sunday Night, March 9th. In this special Purim program at the Greenpoint Shul, award-winning author and teacher Sandra E. Rapoport will present her original lecture and reading, "Unraveling Mysteries in Megillat Esther: Whatever Happened to Vashti, Persia's Other Queen?" Sandra's book on Megillat Esther, The Queen & The Spymaster, will be available for purchase and signing. About Sandra E. Rapoport: Sandra E. Rapoport is an attorney, Tanach teacher, and award-winning author of four books that give voice to the women of the Hebrew Bible. Sandra was Resident Scholar in Law and Bible at Harvard University. Her third book, Biblical Seductions: Six Stories Retold Based on Talmud and Midrash, won a National Book Awards Finalist Prize, was praised by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt"l, and was a Boston Globe Top-Ten Bestseller. Sandra taught a popular class on Women in the Bible at the Manhattan JCC for eleven years, she has taught Tanach at the Drisha Institute, and she lectures widely, nowadays via Zoom as well as in-person. Sandra has written on the subjects of Bible, sexual harassment, and terrorism for, variously, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, JOFA Journal, Amit, My Jewish Learning, and 929 English. Her essays on the weekly Torah portion appeared in New York's The Jewish Week for ten years. Sandra's latest book, The Queen & The Spymaster, is a historical novel based on Megillat Esther.