Ukrainian Children, Staff Celebrate Purim in Israel with Mixed Emotions, 1 Year after Evacuation
When war erupted in Ukraine, a rabbi took quick action to evacuate 150 orphans, staff and others to Israel. CBN News welcomed them then and returned for a celebration this week. The Ukrainian children celebrated Purim with Israeli children at the Nes Harim Field School outside Jerusalem. The holiday marks the Jews’ deliverance from an evil plot to destroy them as told in the book of Esther. A year ago, Nes Harim was the first home for 150 Jewish orphans and others as they fled the war in Ukraine. They came back from elsewhere in Israel now to visit Nes Harim and celebrate Purim here once again.
