Berel Lang’s hunches, it so happens, are both wrong. The expression “shabbat shalom,” literally, “Sabbath of peace,” is neither modern nor secular in origin. The one thing Mr. Lang is ...

So far, Trinity's Shalom team, formed in November, has scheduled a communitywide cleanup day from 9 a.m. to noon on April 11 and is organizing a job fair for May 16.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Christina Applegate are among the stars slated to appear in a new Sesame Street-style production geared at teaching Jewish-American children about Jewish culture.