(Prepared for the Women’s Annual Interfaith Symposium: World Peace, How Religion Helps November 29, 2014) Shalom! I think it’s the first Hebrew word I ever learned. In kindergarten my Hebrew teacher would welcome us with shalom yeladim/welcome children. On Shabbat/the sabbath we greet each other with Shabbat shalom/a peaceful sabbath. We say shalom aleichem/peace be upon you when we wish people well. We sing a song of the same name, Shalom Aleichem ,to the angels of peac