The First Aliyah Flashcards
Who controlled the land?
Ottoman Turks
The Olim were mostly from…
Eastern Europe and Yemen
Type or Jewish family?
Traditional
They came for…
Zionistic reasons
Hovevei Zion
Group of organizations established in Eastern European countries with the aim to promote Jewish immigration to Palestine, and advance Jewish settlement there, particularly agricultural.
Bilu
A movement whose goal was the agricultural settlement or Palestine. Most stayed away from politics.
The four cities they established
Rishon Lezion, Rosh Pinna, Zikhron Ya’akov, Gedera, Petah Tikva, etc.
Why were first olim and old Yeshuv relationship strained, even though both traditional Jews?
Different ideologies
Issues with the first Aliyah
The olim has no clue what they were doing. Most left because so unsuccessful.
Baron Edmund de Rothschild
French zionistic Jew
Wealthy
Millions of $ supporting settlements and developments of the land, promoted industrialization and economic development, orchards were planted, wineries were started.
