The Jewish Agency has brought 40 Jewish teenagers from Ukraine conflict zones to a special summer camp in Israel, at Kibbutz Kalia on the Dead Sea. The participants are between the ages of 14 and 17 from Donetsk and other violent areas of Ukraine.
The ZMAN.IL summer camp takes the campers around the country, and introduces them to Israeli culture and Jewish history.
One of the campers, a boy named Daniel who fled Donetsk with his parents and siblings, says, “I finally found peace and quiet in Israel.”
Also, the Jewish Agency is providing urgent aid to 400 Ukrainians who have been rescued and brought to Israel since May. Two thousand individuals have made aliyah this year from Ukraine through the end of July, primarily from southeastern Ukraine, compared to 600 during the same period in 2013.
Jewish teenagers from embattled areas of Ukraine enjoy a Jewish Agency summer camp experience in Israel. (photo credit: Emanuel Shechter)
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