Aliyah is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Aliyah is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine region, which is today chiefly represented by the State of Israel. Traditionally described as "the act of going up", moving to the Land of Israel or "making aliyah" is one of the most basic tenets of Zionism. The opposite action — emigration by Jews from the Land of Israel — is referred to in the Hebrew language as yerida. The Law of Return that was passed by the Israeli parliament in 1950 gives all diaspora Jews, as well as their children and grandchildren, the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Israeli citizenship on the basis of connecting to their Jewish identity.
Bradley is an English surname derived from a placename meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English.
Trachtenberg (Russian/Ukrainian: Трахтенберг, Yiddish: טראַכֿטנבערג; Hebrew: טרכטנברג, is a surname of several notable people, typically an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, especially Bessarabian and Ukrainian. Sometimes the name is transliterated to Trachtenburg, whilst Jews from Argentina often spell the name Trajtenberg according to Spanish spelling norms. Some more recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union have had the name transliterated as Trakhtenberg when entering the US.
Torah reading is a Jewish religious tradition that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Torah scroll. The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the scroll from the Torah ark, chanting the appropriate excerpt with special cantillation (trope), and returning the scroll(s) to the ark. It is also commonly called "laining".
Ruslan may refer to:
Alia or ALIA may refer to:
Aliyah is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel.
The Gathering of Israel, or the Ingathering of the Jewish diaspora, is the biblical promise of Deuteronomy 30:1–5, made by Moses to the Israelites prior to their entry into the Land of Israel.
Abrams is a surname related to Abrahams, Abram, Abrahm and Abraham. It developed independently in the Jewish diaspora, England, Germany and the Netherlands. The name and its variants have been found in England since the medieval era in the Domesday Book and Hundred Rolls. As of 2014, it is most commonly found in the United States. Notable people with the surname include:
Aliya, Aaliyah, Alia or Aliyah is an Arabic feminine given name. It is the feminine of the name Ali, meaning "exalted".
Margalit is a Hebrew-language given name and surname. Before the First Aliyah it was mainly used in this form by Sephardic Jews, while its variant Margulis was more common among Ashkenazis. It may refer to:
Freier may refer to:
McCary is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Boston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nhooph Al-Areebi is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE from 2015 to 2023, where she performed under the ring name Aliyah. She is a former WWE Women's Tag Team Champion and holds the record for the fastest victory in WWE history at 3.17 seconds.
Yom HaAliyah, or Aliyah Day, is an Israeli national holiday celebrated annually according to the Jewish calendar on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan to commemorate the Jewish people entering the Land of Israel as written in the Hebrew Bible, which happened on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan. The holiday was also established to acknowledge Aliyah, immigration of Jews to the Jewish state, as a core value of the State of Israel, and honor the ongoing contributions of Olim, Jewish immigrants, to Israeli society. Yom HaAliyah is also observed in Israeli schools on the seventh of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan.
Brailovsky, Brailovski, Brailowski or Brailowsky is a Slavic masculine surname of Jewish origin, its feminine counterpart is Brailovskaya or Brailowskaya. It may refer to
Herberg is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname originating in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
Aliyah Boston is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She plays the power forward and center positions. She was named 2023 WNBA Rookie of the Year in a unanimous vote and the AP Rookie of the Year. She played college basketball at the University of South Carolina.
Aaliyah is a female given name meaning "exalted one". An increase in usage has been attributed to the fame of the singer Aaliyah.