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260,000 Shekolim Sold in U.S. This Year

Between 260,000 and 270,000 shekolim have been sold in the United States this year, it was estimated today by Samuel Schmidt, secretary of the Central Shekel Board, making the largest sale of the certificates in the history of Zionism in this country. At one delegate for 3,000 shekolim, the American Zionists would be entitled to […]

June 6, 1937
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Between 260,000 and 270,000 shekolim have been sold in the United States this year, it was estimated today by Samuel Schmidt, secretary of the Central Shekel Board, making the largest sale of the certificates in the history of Zionism in this country.

At one delegate for 3,000 shekolim, the American Zionists would be entitled to send between 86 and 90 representatives to the World Zionist Congress in August. Elections of delegates will be held June 20 in some 300 communities throughout the country.

The estimated party strength, as indicated by shekel sales, follows: Hadassah, 100,000; the general Zionists, 71,000; labor Zionists, 60,000; Mizrachi, 35,000 and the Jewish State Party, between 800 and 1,000.

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