Shalom” has several meanings in Hebrew. It is used as the equivalent of both hello and goodbye. It signifies a wish for peace ...

Jewish educator Bat-Ami Frankel said Hebrew, despite its different alphabet and being read right to left, is surprisingly easy to pick up. ("Shalom" means hello, goodbye and peace, as well.) ...

We Jews cherish the allusions, aspirations and emotions intimately associated with certain Hebrew words. One such word is shalom, which, in everyday usage, can mean either “hello” or ...

As a scholar who studies Jewish languages, I have collected countless examples of Jews around the world using variants of the Hebrew word “shalom” to mean peace – and, by extension, to offer ...