Light is a powerful symbol for people of different faith traditions from all over the world.
Mid-winter when the days are shortest and the nights are longest, is a time when people from many cultures light candles, gather around campfires and hearth fires, string lights on evergreen trees and long for light to come into the nighttime of our lives. Among the many traditions to be focused on, speech pathologist and storyteller Wendy Miller will share a story about the Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah. Although Miller won't be lighting any candles during her oration, she will bring in a Hanukkah menorah and explain its symbolism, she said. It's a kind of education that will only make people more aware of other people's cultures and at the same time, enlighten them. The story unfolds in a small town in Russia, where a little boy named Jacob lives.