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Encyclopedia > Aliya

Aliyah is a Hebrew term, literally meaning "ascent", widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Russia in 1882, are known as aliyot (the plural of aliyah). These aliyot are often categorized by date and the country of origin of the immigrants.


Aliyah also refers, in synagogue life, to the honor of being "called up" to read a section of the Torah during a service. For example, the relevant section of the Torah reading for each shabbat is divided into seven aliyot.


Aliyot

  • First Aliyah (1882-1903) from Russia, Yemen. Total: 15,000. Founded first agricultural settlements.
  • Second Aliyah (1904-1914) from Russia. Total 40,000 (about half left). Founded Tel Aviv and first kibbutz.
  • Third Aliyah (1919-1923) from Russia, Poland (Total: 40,000). Founded Histradrut Labor Union and Haganah.
  • Fourth Aliyah (1923-1929) from Poland, Hungary. Total: 80,000 (over one-quarter left). Emergence of an urban middle class.
  • Fifth Aliyah (1929-1939) from German, Central and Eastern Europe. Total: 250,000 (10 percent left). Intellectual middle class. Refugee artists introduced Bauhaus (Tel Aviv has the highest concentration of Bauhaus architecture in the world) and founded the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra.

See also

External link

  • "Aliyah" - the word and its meaning (http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/concepts/aliyah1.html)



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