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Immigration vs Aliyah - What's the difference?

immigration | aliyah |

As nouns the difference between immigration and aliyah

is that immigration is the act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence while aliyah is the calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.

As a proper noun Aliyah is

{{given name|female|from=Arabic}} of modern American usage, a variant of Aaliyah.

immigration

English

(wikipedia immigration)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

    • Related terms

    * immigrate * emigration * emigrate * migration * migrate

    aliyah

    English

    (wikipedia aliyah)

    Alternative forms

    * aliya

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (Judaism) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
  • The immigration of Jews to Israel.

    • Antonyms

    * (immigration to Israel) yerida