The tension of being someone not yet from here but no longer quite from the outside is also emphasised by the opposition between light and darkness, understood both literally and metaphorically, ...

Light pollution is increasing globally, and having a negative impact on wildlife and humans. But the solutions are ...

As we light the hanukkiah, we remember: The battle between light and darkness is ongoing. The Jewish people have a sacred mission, and every generation – and each of us – must rise to it.

The first lines of the scroll (1QM 1:1-7) lay the framework for a three-stage conflict between the Sons of Light--that is, members of the Yahad[1] (see 1QS 3:13)--and the Sons of Darkness.

It feels like a poignant painting of a battlefield, after a night of battle between light and darkness. It reads like an extension of the film’s own caption, “Succumb to darkness.” ...