Schoham 5.4

Shoham,
Israel

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Shoham is a town in the Central District of Israel. Like Nofekh, Bareket and Ahlama nearby, the name relates to one of the 12 stones in the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest . In it had a population of. Its jurisdiction is 5,889 dunams .HistoryA plan to establish a town in the area that is now Shoham was first proposed in the 1960s, when an idea to establish a town for immigrants from South America was suggested in 1965. This neve came to fruition. However, residents of nearby moshavim wanted to build a rural community for the adult children of farmers in cooperative settlements. In the early 1990s, Israeli Housing Minister Ariel Sharon put forward a new plan to create a town in the area. Construction began in 1993, when the first 300 homes were built. From then on, the town grew rapidly, and by 2014, had reached a population of 20,000.PoliticsMayors of Shoham: Dov Shayish, 1993–1998 (appointed)Shachar Ben Ami, 1998–2003Gil Livneh, 2003–presentEducationIn the 2009–2010 school year, Shoham ranked top in the country in percentage of high school students passing the Bagrut matriculation exams.Notable residentsHaim KatzDan NavehZeev SchwartzZiv Bar-Joseph

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