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Are they different?
では is very slightly more formal, and more likely to be used in writing. じゃ tends to be used more in speech.
The meaning is the same, though.
Does being formal mean では is used when you’re talking to, say, an elder or stranger?
Well, with the ～ありません ending on both, they’re close enough that it probably doesn’t really matter – they’re both at the です/ます level of formality.
Informal would be じゃない or ではない.
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