What is Shoham?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Shoham | native_name = {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|שֹׁהַם}}|rtl=yes}} | settlement_type = [[Local council (Israel)|Local council]] (from 1993) | translit_lang1 = Hebrew | translit_lang1_type1 = [[ISO 259]] | translit_lang1_info1 = Šohm | image_skyline = Sjoham003.jpg | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map = Israel center ta#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|31|59|48|N|34|56|34|E|region:IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Israel}} | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Israel|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Central District (Israel)|Central]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1993 | leader_title = Head of Municipality | leader_name = Gil Livneh | unit_pref = dunam | area_total_dunam = {{formatnum:5889|R}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | population_total = {{Israel populations|Shoham}} | population_as_of = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning | blank_info_sec1 = [[onyx]] | website = [http://www.shoham.muni.il/ www.shoham.muni.il] }} [[File:Sjoham006.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Street in Shoham]] [[File:IsraelShoham_FromAir.JPG|thumb|250x250px|Shoham from the air]] [[File:Sjoham9078.jpg|thumb|Residential area of Shoham]] '''Shoham''' ({{lang-he|שֹׁהַם}}, ''lit.'' [[onyx]]) is a town ([[Local council (Israel)|local council]]) in the [[Central District (Israel)|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), s