Jake Gyllenhaal: Shalom Sesame!

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal hold hands and take a romantic stroll down Abbot Kinney Boulevard on Sunday afternoon (August 30) in Venice, Calif.

Jake, Christina Applegate, Debra Messing, Greg Kinnear and Cedric the Entertainer are among the stars slated to appear in Shalom Sesame, a 12-part series of Sesame Street episodes geared at teaching Jewish-American children about Jewish culture. The series will debut around the Hanukkah holiday in December 2010.

10+ pictures inside of Shalom Sesame star Jake Gyllenhaal…