Arina’s Journey from Ukraine to Israel | The Jewish AgencyArina’s Journey from Ukraine to Carmiel, Israel
Arina, a Ukrainian refugee, in Israel

Arina’s Journey from Ukraine to Carmiel, Israel

Arina’s Journey from Ukraine to Carmiel, Israel

Before fleeing Ukraine and making her way to Israel with Jewish Agency assistance, Arina sheltered in a storage room underground for a week in the cold with her family. She and her little sister, Lada, traveled from Kharkiv to Lviv and then to Warsaw, crossing the Ukraine-Poland border on foot over the course of seven hours.

Today, as recent immigrants to Israel, Arina and Lada reside at The Jewish Agency’s absorption center in Carmiel.