Posts Tagged ‘Rosh Hashanah’

Orthodox Jews refuse to sit next to women on US flight

Tuesday, September 30th, 2014

An international flight from New York was disrupted after ultra-orthodox Jewish passengers insisted they couldn’t sit next to women. An El Al flight from JFK Airport to Israel on September 23 saw ultra-orthodox passengers stand in the aisles before take-off, which delayed the flight. Some orthodox passengers (haredim) even offered money to fellow travellers to Read more