Who has lit a candle for you against the shadows of our time or of your own life? Who held a candle of hope to dispel the darkness? A candle of peace in the face of violence? Who lit candles of ...

Amid tragedy and trauma, a Jewish college student reflects on Hanukkah's lessons of seeking light in the dark.

On the first evening of Hanukkah, Dec. 7, under a large tent in Jerusalem, an emerging community of Israeli Jews of all backgrounds called Kehilat Zion gathered together to dream again about Jerusalem ...

There are certain places in the world that will forever be associated with stunning acts of violence. On Sunday, another pin was placed in that map. At least 15 people were killed when gunfire ripped ...

In Wisconsin, the weather is drab and gray most days this time of year. We get up while it is still dark outside, and by the time we get home to have dinner, the sun, if it appeared at all during the ...

HANUKKAH. An eight-day celebration marking the Jewish people’s rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed ...

Maybe you are like me in marking the extra minute of daylight we will now gain each day after the winter solstice. Perhaps you’re also as weary as I of the darkness that seems to have settled on the ...

That's the Bible's first miracle. Genesis: Chapter 1, Verse 3. "And there was light." And is, today — in virtually all of the great fall and winter holiday celebrations. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, ...

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Dozens of Brown University students shielded their candles at a menorah lighting that doubled as a vigil on Dec. 14 as Hanukkah arrived under a sheet of snow and a thick ...

Synopsis: Last week we cited the view of Rabbi Sternbuch, who held that if it is equally possible for the wife to light the Sabbath candles in the home where she will eat or where she will sleep, it ...

In 2013, Eva Eckerblad became a candle addict. That year, she moved to Sweden from the U.S. with her now-husband, and soon discovered that she wanted an antidote to the long, cold nights and time ...