ark

"the cabinet at the front of an Ashkenazic synagogue that houses the Torah scroll." (JPS)

candle lighting

"the custom of lighting candles to welcome the Sabbath" (JPS); the exact time at which holiday and Shabbos candles are supposed to be lit by according to Jewish law.

day school

Jewish grade school, where students learn both Jewish and secular subjects. "The general name given to private Jewish schools" in the United States and Canada (JPS)

glatt

Showing consistency of reason (Weiser).

Super-kosher (not only of food), or acceptable to the Haredi community.

Jew by Choice

A convert to Judaism.

unveiling

the ceremony marking the unveiling of a deceased person's headstone one year after his or her burial