El Al is considering flying on the Jewish sabbath, or Shabbat (between nighfall Friday and nightfall Saturday). Orthodox Jews are upset.
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Haredim may set up mehadrin airline
Dec. 11, 2006 15:40 | Updated Dec. 12, 2006 14:08
By MATTHEW WAGNER
In the face of an imminent boycott of El Al, haredi businessmen in the US have expressed interest in setting up a haredi-owned airline, Rabbi Yitzhak Goldknoph, secretary of the Rabbinic Council for the Holiness of Shabbat, said Monday.
"The airline would fly the most popular haredi routes to the US and Europe," he said.
Goldknoph refrained from divulging the names of the haredi businessmen, and his announcement was received with skepticism by the Israeli business community.
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