First Aliyah
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The First Aliyah, also known as the agriculture Aliyah, was a major wave of Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine between 1881 and 1903. Jews who migrated in this wave came mostly from Eastern Europ
Settlers from Bessarabia c. 1888 in the colony of Castina, near the Palestinian village of Qastina. The colony was later re-established as Be'er Tuvia in 1896.
Kindergarten in Rishon Lezion, c.1898
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Aliyah
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Aliyah is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine region, where the State of Israel was established. Traditionally described as "th
First Aliyah
…The First Aliyah (Hebrew: העלייה הראשונה, romanized: HaAliyah HaRishona), also known as the agriculture Aliyah, was a major wave of Jewish immigration (aliyah) to Ottoman Palestine between 1881 and 1903. Jews who migrated in this wave came mostly from Eastern Europe, stimulated by pogroms and violence against…
Abba Hushi during his Hachshara, circa 1920
Survey of Palestine, showing place of origin of immigrants between 1922 and 1944
Certificate issued by the Jewish Agency in Warsaw, Poland, for immigrant to Mandatory Palestine, September 1935
Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, July 15, 1945