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Jewish-American immigrant from Ukraine reflects on parents' decision to come to US
Fox News
Stella Binkenvich, a Jewish-American immigrant from Ukraine, says Russia's invasion has made her reflect on her parents' decision to come to the United States in 1993, when many believed Russia was on the brink of war.
I really think that there is an overwhelming gratitude for the lives that we have because, in just one decision, I could have been living in Donetsk.
Binkenvich described her former home as a country suffering from heavy inflation and corruption while her own family battled antisemitism and a lack of upward professional mobility before her family immigrated to the U.S. when she was 7 years old. At one point during her childhood in Donetsk, Ukraine, her father had to save five months' of his salary to buy a new pair of jeans because prices were so astronomically high, leaving people in some professions to suffer while others flourished.