| − | '''Aliyah''', transliterated from the [[Hebrew]] עלייה, which literally translates as "ascent", is the term used in reference to the Jewish immigration to the state of [[Israel]] in 1948, after its modern establishment. | + | '''Aliyah''', transliterated from the [[Hebrew]] עלייה, which literally translates as "ascent", is the term used in reference to the [[Jews|Jewish]] immigration to the state of [[Israel]] in 1948, after its modern establishment. The opposite, the Jewish [[emmigration]] from Israel, is termed ''Yerida'', "descent". |