Ukrainian Jews Immigrant To Israel

A Jew from the Ukraine carries her dog as she arrives at Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on a special flight as they flee the fighting in eastern Ukraine, December 22, 2014. A large number of Ukrainian Jews have been displaced and left destitute as a results of the ongoing fighting in Crimea. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and Israel's Ministry of Immigration and Absorption sponsored a special flight to help 226 Ukrainian Jews immigrant to Israel. A record number of 5,134 new immigrants from the Ukraine have arrived in Israel in 2014. Another 200 Jews from Ukraine will arrive in Israel by the end of the year. UPI/Debbie Hill