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Aliyah has also been defined, by sociologists such as Aryeh Tartakower, as immigration for the good of the community, regardless of the destination. [10] Aliyah is an important Jewish cultural concept and a fundamental component of Zionism.
An aliyah (Hebrew: עליה; pl. עליות, aliyot; ' ascent ' or ' going up ') is the calling of a member of a Jewish congregation up to the bimah for a segment of the formal Torah reading. A person receiving an aliyah is called an oleh (male) or olah (female).
It may also refer to the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to the geographical Land of Israel (i.e. "making aliyah"). In Arabic, aliyah (more commonly transliterated as aaliyah) is derived from the verb “alah,” which means “to ascend” or “to go up.” As a given name, it is the feminine form of Aali, [5] meaning “high” or ...
Yom HaAliyah, or Aliyah Day (Hebrew: יום העלייה), is an Israeli national holiday celebrated annually according to the Jewish calendar on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan to commemorate the Jewish people entering the Land of Israel as written in the Hebrew Bible, which happened on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan (Hebrew: י' ניסן). [1]
The First Aliyah (Hebrew: העלייה הראשונה, romanized: HaAliyah HaRishona), also known as the agriculture Aliyah, was a major wave of Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine between 1881 and 1903.
Aliyah is a Hebrew word meaning "ascent", referring to the act of spiritually "ascending" to the Holy Land and a basic tenet of Zionism. The movement of Jews to Palestine was opposed by the Haredi communities who lived in the Four Holy Cities , since they were very poor and lived off charitable donations from Europe, which they feared would be ...
The Second Aliyah (Hebrew: העלייה השנייה, romanized: HaAliyah HaShniya) was an aliyah (Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel) that took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 35,000 Jews, mostly from Russia, [1] with some from Yemen, immigrated into Ottoman Palestine.
Aaliyah (Hebrew: עליה; Arabic: علية or عالية) is a female given name with origins in Hebrew and Arabic, making it a common given name for girls born to Jewish and Muslim families. [1] In 2007, an increase in usage was attributed to the fame of the American pop singer Aaliyah (1979–2001). [2]