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New Head of El Al Pledges Not to Fly on Shabbos
by Betzalel Kahn

Prof. Izzi Borovitz, managing director of Arkia, one of the new controlling owners of El Al and the designated company chairman, pledged that El Al would preserve the status quo by not flying on Shabbos.

During a meeting with Borovitz, Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger voiced public concerns that following privatization the company might alter its policy on refraining from operations on Shabbos. Chief Rabbi Metzger stressed the importance of El Al, as a Jewish company, grounding its planes on Shabbos in order to help preserve the country's Jewish character and to respect the sensibilities of the entire Jewish public.

At the end of the meeting Borovitz announced El Al would not fly on Shabbos, maintaining the policy it has followed since its founding. "As a Jewish company in Israel we must respect the public's sensitivities in Israel and this has been done," Prof. Borovitz told Chief Rabbi Metzger.

 

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