Summary
Immigration of Jews into Israel, in the translator’s note to the Law of Return: a Jew immigrating is an oleh (plural: olim), and aliyah is effected under that law by an oleh’s visa or an oleh’s certificate (Law of Return 5710-1950, PDF p.1).
Details
- The translator’s note to the Law of Return 5710-1950 states: “Aliyah means immigration of Jews, and oleh (plural: olim) means a Jew immigrating, into Israel” (PDF p.1, comma before “into Israel” as printed).
- Section 1 is headed “Right of aliyah” and states the right of every Jew to come to the country as an oleh; section 2 provides that “Aliyah shall be by oleh’s visa” (PDF p.1).
- A Jew already in Israel who after arrival expresses a desire to settle there may instead receive an oleh’s certificate, under the same restrictions as a visa, except that an illness contracted after arrival is not a public-health ground (section 3, PDF p.1).