Samuel Sislen of Washington, D.C., writes: “Jews have traditionally greeted one another ‘Shalom aleykhem’ and responded with the words inverted. Arabic speakers greet each other, ‘Salaam aleykum’ and ...

Beauty and lifestyle content creator Shalom Blac and Charles Knight first met by happenstance. In June of 2022, they found themselves at the same after-party at a home in Hollywood. When Charles ...

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 “goodbye.” The ...

When I first meet Shalom Obisie-Orlu—who, on record, performs as just Shalom—she is in the middle of responding to one of former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho’s infamously horrendous takes on Twitter.

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 peaceful ...

In Hebrew, “Shalom” has three meanings, one of which is “peace.” Shalom Obisie-Orlu is still looking for hers, but the singer/songwriter is getting closer every day to finding it. It’s been a journey, ...

Three years after his anti-Semitic outburst after being pulled over by police in Malibu, Mel Gibson emerged after the Oscars to receive a warm reception from a live television audience. The 1995 Oscar ...

Last year, the Brooklyn-based musician Shalom, a Stereogum Artist To Watch, released her Ryan Hemsworth-produced debut album Sublimation. A few months later, Shalom announced that she’d parted ways ...

Amir’s house, in Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom, an intentional community of Jewish Israeli and Palestinian Israeli families, is made of stone, chic but spare, not showy. A covered porch faces west, ...