As a concluding effort in its campaign to enroll 500,000 shekel purchasers in the 1937 annual Roll Call of the American Zionists, the Central Shekel Board has designated May 23 as National Shekel Day. Local and regional Zionist organizations of all parties will conduct house to house campaigns and other special efforts in an effort to complete the 1937 enrollment.
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