Israel’s 75th Anniversary | ALIYAH NEWS EP. 36

In this episode: Jews and Christians come together to celebrate Israel’s 75th Anniversary.

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ALIYAH - The word for the immigration of Jewish people from the Diaspora to the Land of Israel. The word in Hebrew means ‘ascent’ and is defined as ‘going up’ - progressing towards Jerusalem.

OLIM - means Jewish immigrants to Israel – those making aliyah. In the singular, a male immigrant is called an oleh and a female immigrant an olah.

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