The great symbol of Hanukah, light, reminds us that even in the most challenging of times, hope never recedes. Each night during the eight days of Hanukah, Jews light candles, adding another candle ...

Candles are symbols of many things — death, birth, romance. But one other symbol, that of sacrifice, always bothered me. When I stare into the flame twirling on the tip of the wick, it blooms like a ...

James Pruznick never gave much thought to the tradition behind the annual Peace Candle display in Easton’s Centre Square while growing up a few blocks away on the other side of the Delaware River in ...