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• n  (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah
  he was called on for an aliyah
• n  (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel
  students making aliyah

• In recent years the real possibility of aliyah ("ascent" to the homeland) has been realized.
• For others, aliyah to the existing Jerusalem is not necessary to reach the ideal one.
• Each aliyah had its own characteristics and dreams for the new state.

News & Articles

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• Movie Review: In ‘Aliyah,’ a Trip From France to Israel Is Dangerous
  In “Aliyah,” a low-level drug dealer in Paris, who longs to give up his perilous occupation, is given an opportunity to start life over in Israel.        
  June 13, 2013 - New York Times
• In ‘Aliyah,’ a Trip From France to Israel Is Dangerous
  Cédric Kahn, left, and Pio Marmaï portray brothers in Paris. The anxiety that infuses the elliptical family drama “Aliyah” is underscored by Schoenberg’s feverish, brooding “Verklärte Nacht.”
  June 13, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Daniel Ayalon in PR Newswire (press release)
  Aliyah is the ultimate means to securing the future of the State of Israel and the Jewish people,commented Ambassador Ayalon in his new position as Co-Chairman of Nefesh B'Nefesh. "Having had the distinct honor of serving the State of...
• Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel News Agency
  I thank you for coming, I thank you for participating, but I ask you to do one more thing,Netanyahu said to the athletes. "I ask that you make aliyah, not just for the Maccabiah. Come and be one of us, every day of the year."
• Eddie Jordan in USA Today
  One of our main aims of course is [promoting] aliyah, but today when more than 90 percent of the world's Jews live either in Israel, America, France or [other safe] countries like this, you cannot encourage people to make aliyah if they don't have... Natan Sharansky http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natan_Sharansky&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFgXgnZJ9AaihgFL7KwerQdtjNUuQ Ha'aretz http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095652.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFROjGyZCnTFcdZsNIG-t2-iOciUQ Jun 25, 2009 2732 3764 alka-seltzer It's like Alka-Seltzer," Sixers head coach Eddie Jordan said. "For any you that are old enough to remember the commercial: plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is."