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During Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, Ernie Rea takes a look at the symbolism and use of light in Judaism and other religions.

During Hanukkah - the Jewish Festival of Lights - Ernie Rea takes a look at the symbolism and use of light in Judaism and other religions. He is joined by Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, Senior Rabbi to Reform Judaism; Alan Williams, Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Religion at Manchester University; and by Denis Blackledge SJ, Parish priest of the of St Francis Xavier in Liverpool.

Producer: Beena Khetani.

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Mon 18 Dec 201716:30
BBC Radio 4

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