BID HERE...$10 to Start... Item Number: 132 Estimated Value: $18.00 Description: One Year membership to the American Israel Numismatic Association and a one year subscription to the SHEKEL magazine, sent prepaid to your home. Six issues per year In Biblical times a "Shekel" was a weight of silver. When the ancient Judeans fought for religious freedom against the Romans, the 'Shekel' was a silver coin. Since 1967, "The Shekel" has been an award winning entertaining and informative bi-monthly magazine - that has been called "The Jewish Readers Digest." But you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this fully illustrated information-packed magazine. For instance articles have included Bible Quotations on Mormon Coins, Shroud of Turin Coin Theory Disputed, the Widow's Mite, and so on. Plus articles about Anne Frank, Albert Einstein, Raoul Wallenberg, Hank Greenberg, etc. Members can read original articles and selected material from around the world in each 48-page issue of "The Shekel". Kesher, which means "connection" in Hebrew is a non-profit independent Hebrew School After School Program located in Porter Square, Cambridge. Kesher is a relatively small school which tries to accommodate all families seeking after school care combined with a Jewish education, regardless of families' ability to pay.
