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Shoham ( Hebrew: שֹׁהַם, lit. ' onyx ') is a town ( local council) in the Central District of Israel. The name relates to one of the 12 stones on the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest (Exodus 28:20), similar to other nearby towns: Nofekh, Bareket, Leshem and Ahlama (the former name of Beit Arif ). [2] .
The majority of congregants from Shoham, a suburb of Tel Aviv with around 20,000 residents, are native Israelis, mostly from a secular background. In a city with over 20 Orthodox synagogues, our congregation is the only one offering a pluralistic and egalitarian Jewish community life.
Shoham is a classic Israel story of a town of 20,000 residents with an upper-middle class socio-economic level. 69% of Shoham’s residents define themselves as secular, and 31% define themselves as religious or traditional.
The avnei shoham, stones of onyx, were chosen to be the home for the tribes of Israel. The names of six tribes were inscribed on one stone, and the other six on the second stone. These stones of onyx were were worn by Aaron and his sons, the first priests or Kohanim of Israel.
V’ahavta – HaKehila Hashivionit Shoham (the Reform community of Shoham) was established in 2013 by a group of activists from Shoham and is led by Rabbi Rinat Safania-Shwartz, our founding rabbi, together with the congregation’s board of directors.
Dec 2, 2021 · Plans for a permanent Reform shul in the commuter town of Shoham are pitting Orthodox Jews against one another, and may even be connected to the race for the job of Israel’s next Ashkenazi chief rabbi.
Shoham ( Hebrew: שֹׁהַם, lit. onyx) is a town ( local council) in the Central District of Israel. The name relates to one of the 12 stones on the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest (Exodus 28:20), similar to other nearby towns: Nofekh, Bareket, Leshem and Ahlama (the former name of Beit Arif ). [2] .
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