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aliyah(Hebrew; “ascending”) In Judaism, the honour, accorded to a worshiper, of being called up to read an assigned passage from the Torah at Sabbath morning services; or Jewish immigration to Israel. Because the passage assigned for each Sabbath morning service is subdivided into a minimum of seven sections, at least seven different persons are called up for these readings. Aliyah in the sense of immigration to Israel is ongoing but also occurs in waves. The first two waves of immigration occurred in 1882–1914, the next three in 1919–39. The sixth aliyah (1945–48) brought many Holocaust survivors. Later waves of immigration included Falasha from Ethiopia, émigrés from the former Soviet Union, and others. See also Zionism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Formerly leader of the Likud, Katsav emigrated to Israel from Iran shortly after the Jewish state was founded in 1948 and was elected the largely ceremonial head of state in 2000 as the first conservative to hold the post. For Gordon, who emigrated to Israel from the United States, this effort corresponds to his appreciation of the mandates of the Jewish liberal tradition in which he had been raised and to his understanding of what a democracy is all about. Diament emigrated to Israel, where he met his wife and helped establish the first |
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