aliyah
noun
ali·yah ä-ˈlē-(ˌ)yä 
ˌä-lē-ˈyä
variants or aliya
: the immigration of Jews to Israel
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In 2021, some 550 Brazilians made aliyah, or immigrated to Israel, according to the Jewish Agency. 
Marcus M. Gilban, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 Distributions of funds have focused on humanitarian aid and rescue operations; trauma relief and medical care; refugee resettlement; and aliyah and absorption in Israel. Jns Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2022 Growing up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn as the youngest of four children in a modern Orthodox family, Schwarzbard always imagined herself making aliyah — immigrating and living her adult life in Israel. Renee Ghert-zand, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2021 Zilberstein, who is a member of the congregation and lives in Deerfield, left Cuba and made aliyah (immigration to Israel) in 2012. Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2021 In order to make aliyah, or immigrate to Israel, Thiago Benzecry submitted a certificate showing that his maternal grandfather, Rubens, was Jewish. Marcus M. Gilban, sun-sentinel.com, 11 May 2021 Today, by the numbers, one-third of all aliyah [programs] are financed by Christian evangelicals. Andrew Lapin, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Mar. 2021 Nefesh B’Nefesh will host a financial aliyah (immigration to Israel) seminar from 6:30-8:45 p.m. on Nov. 20 at Hyatt Place Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port , 91 SW 18th Ave. in Dania Beach. Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2019 The vast majority of Russian-speaking immigrants came from Russia, where aliyah rose by 72 percent to 7,884 arrivals this year, and Ukraine, which saw a 9 percent rise to 3,007 immigrants. sun-sentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2019 See More
Marcus M. Gilban, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 Distributions of funds have focused on humanitarian aid and rescue operations; trauma relief and medical care; refugee resettlement; and aliyah and absorption in Israel. Jns Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2022 Growing up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn as the youngest of four children in a modern Orthodox family, Schwarzbard always imagined herself making aliyah — immigrating and living her adult life in Israel. Renee Ghert-zand, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2021 Zilberstein, who is a member of the congregation and lives in Deerfield, left Cuba and made aliyah (immigration to Israel) in 2012. Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2021 In order to make aliyah, or immigrate to Israel, Thiago Benzecry submitted a certificate showing that his maternal grandfather, Rubens, was Jewish. Marcus M. Gilban, sun-sentinel.com, 11 May 2021 Today, by the numbers, one-third of all aliyah [programs] are financed by Christian evangelicals. Andrew Lapin, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Mar. 2021 Nefesh B’Nefesh will host a financial aliyah (immigration to Israel) seminar from 6:30-8:45 p.m. on Nov. 20 at Hyatt Place Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port , 91 SW 18th Ave. in Dania Beach. Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2019 The vast majority of Russian-speaking immigrants came from Russia, where aliyah rose by 72 percent to 7,884 arrivals this year, and Ukraine, which saw a 9 percent rise to 3,007 immigrants. sun-sentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Modern Hebrew ʽalīyāh, from Hebrew, ascent
First Known Use
1851, in the meaning defined above