aliyah
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9.2
- noun
- /əˈliːjə/
- Specialized
- Many young adults choose to make aliyah after completing their studies, seeking a new life in their ancestral homeland.
- make aliyah
- wave of aliyah
- Russian aliyah
Examples
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Today, I made aliyah and became a citizen of the State of Israel.
Fiction book (1998) -
Contact your local aliyah office and start packing.
Blog text (18) -
But aliyah has also had a deep psychological meaning.
Academic text (1998) -
The Russian aliyah probably represents the last great wave of immigration to come to Israel.
Academic text (1998) -
I thought it would be beneficial to document the aliyah process.
Fiction book (1998) -
The latest wave of aliyah, however, poses an unprecedented challenge.
Academic text (1998) -
When I made aliyah, I was in my mid-50s and heartbroken that I couldn't serve in the IDF.
Blog text (20) -
Some sixty-six years had passed since the first aliyah ("going up" to Israel) of immigrants who sought to escape the czarist pogroms of 1881.
Academic text (2002) -
After years of living abroad, she finally decided to make aliyah and move to Israel, where she felt a strong connection to her roots.
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The government offers assistance to those who wish to make aliyah, helping them integrate into Israeli society.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aliyah comes from the Hebrew verb alah, which means 'to go up' or 'rise'. So to make aliyah is to 'go up' to Israel, seen as returning to the ancestral homeland.