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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:09 PM Dec 2014

Delta flight from JFK Airport delayed after Jewish passengers refuse to sit next to women [View all]

A Delta Airlines flight from New York's JFK Airport to Israel was delayed by half an hour when a group of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men refused to sit next to female passengers.

Delta Flight 468, bound for Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, was reportedly held up due to several Haredi passengers refusing to to sit in their assigned seats, which were in between two women.

The delay was prolonged when the two female passengers involved reportedly refused to move to accommodate the men's request, claiming discrimination.

According to Israel Radio, the stand-off was eventually resolved when an American travelling to Israel offered to change seats.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2891081/Delta-Airlines-flight-New-York-s-JFK-Airport-delayed-ultra-Orthodox-Jewish-passengers-refuse-sit-women.html

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Delta flight from JFK Airport delayed after Jewish passengers refuse to sit next to women [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 OP

If they want control over the seat next to them, they can buy another ticket jberryhill Dec 2014 #1

sounds like a great idea. riversedge Dec 2014 #51

Dumbasses. Good for the women. nt roody Dec 2014 #2

Just what I thought. Good for those women. Let the mysoginists work it out for themselves. OregonBlue Dec 2014 #82

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #107

Hey man, religious freedom and all that jazz 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #3

Refuse to sell these (bad word) tickets, elleng Dec 2014 #4

Quite true. Seems like we hear of this type of nonsense on a regular basis. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #9

Yes, more and more lately. elleng Dec 2014 #19

"Eewww, they got cooties." lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #5

Really..One can only imagine how they feel about their wives and daughters. whathehell Dec 2014 #11

Perhaps 2naSalit Dec 2014 #16

One can only hope, whathehell Dec 2014 #24

Actually their birthrate in Israel is going through the roof... brooklynite Dec 2014 #46

Sadly true 2naSalit Dec 2014 #53

Well... 2naSalit Dec 2014 #47

They don't use any birth control LiberalElite Dec 2014 #70

Their women may not have much of a choice.. annabanana Dec 2014 #92

Hasn't happened, elleng Dec 2014 #29

Wow. So romantic I got a lump in my throat. lob1 Dec 2014 #81

Exactly opposite. The black hats have as many children as they can. HERVEPA Dec 2014 #56

Ugh! 2naSalit Dec 2014 #58

Naa, they're like the Jewish Duggars, this group NickB79 Dec 2014 #69

Believe it ir not, Brigid Dec 2014 #18

Oh, I believe it, whathehell Dec 2014 #22

I have seen this 2naSalit Dec 2014 #50

In eastern states? whathehell Dec 2014 #79

In the northeastern 2naSalit Dec 2014 #84

I understand you now.. whathehell Dec 2014 #94

Actually 2naSalit Dec 2014 #95

Lakewood not Lakehurst tabbycat31 Dec 2014 #98

You're correct 2naSalit Dec 2014 #114

I live about 1/2 hour from there tabbycat31 Dec 2014 #115

Yikes! 2naSalit Dec 2014 #116

I don't remember anything in 1984 tabbycat31 Dec 2014 #117

yeah... 2naSalit Dec 2014 #119

Very true... virgdem Dec 2014 #87

It's the difference between religious fanatics and religious people Nevernose Dec 2014 #6

They should have been escorted off the plane notadmblnd Dec 2014 #7

Yes. n/t JimDandy Dec 2014 #63

When your civil rights violate others' civil rights, AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #8

I wouldn't have moved either. Brigid Dec 2014 #10

What will happen if a woman touches them? A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #12

Maybe they're instantly vaporized? Brigid Dec 2014 #17

Can we test that theory? Daemonaquila Dec 2014 #37

You're "unclean" if a menstruating woman touches you. lapislzi Dec 2014 #26

They let menstruating women on airplanes?!?! A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #31

Horrifying, isn't it? lapislzi Dec 2014 #35

They should have to wear a big red "M" A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #40

Oh, but we lie. How we lie! lapislzi Dec 2014 #49

Menstro-Scanner 2000! A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #55

Job... 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #73

All kinds of silver linings in this cloud. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #93

Then religions need to come up with internal solutions JimDandy Dec 2014 #65

Do they also still offer sacrifices at the end of each cycle? FiveGoodMen Dec 2014 #78

Prominent Washington, D.C. rabbi secretly filmed women bathing: police GreatCaesarsGhost Dec 2014 #113

How do they handle female TSA? cwydro Dec 2014 #39

If you hold your breath it closes your skin cells A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #42

Bwa! cwydro Dec 2014 #88

Yep, I've heard that in the ultra fundamentalists synagogues, women are not allowed to be next to dissentient Dec 2014 #13

Read Deborah Feldman's "Unorthodox". Brigid Dec 2014 #15

Yep, my attitude is people can believe whatever they want, as long as it doesn't dissentient Dec 2014 #21

Not universally. Daemonaquila Dec 2014 #36

The Wailing Wall bikebloke Dec 2014 #64

In the synagogue ultra-orthodox women are either LiberalElite Dec 2014 #66

I've been in one. sakabatou Dec 2014 #91

Fuck religulous fundamentalists of all stripes. hifiguy Dec 2014 #14

Works for Me!...... nt Ernesto Dec 2014 #28

I'll second that! FiveGoodMen Dec 2014 #80

Goddamn ultra-orthodox... sakabatou Dec 2014 #20

did it not occur to these people that there may be women on the plane??? Takket Dec 2014 #23

As a female, SamKnause Dec 2014 #25

what if the airline offered you a huge voucher just to change seats like they will? Sunlei Dec 2014 #61

No. SamKnause Dec 2014 #62

why? Sunlei Dec 2014 #72

I've never had an airline offer me a voucher just to change seats. Gormy Cuss Dec 2014 #71

Years ago a flight attendant moved me and my wife to business class, Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #101

Were the idiots dressed like this? arcane1 Dec 2014 #27

???? hifiguy Dec 2014 #32

They were flying over a cemetary at the time, and didn't want dead-person cooties. arcane1 Dec 2014 #38

I have to ask. hifiguy Dec 2014 #41

I wonder if the rule extends into orbit. What if they were on the Space Station? arcane1 Dec 2014 #43

Hmm...I wonder why a plastic bag offers more protection Ms. Toad Dec 2014 #99

Congratulations! You just put more thought into it than they did! arcane1 Dec 2014 #105

Ridiculous that they delayed the flight. Daemonaquila Dec 2014 #30

The Haredin do have strict rules segregating men and women... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #33

Is compromise impossible ?? SamKnause Dec 2014 #54

For them I'd say LiberalElite Dec 2014 #67

"its own domain" FiveGoodMen Dec 2014 #83

It should be relatively simple. Ms. Toad Dec 2014 #102

This problem occurs every day. And it's not just fundamentalist Jewish men. mn9driver Dec 2014 #34

Bad idea nt Boreal Dec 2014 #57

Then they should have to declare this at the time of ticket purchase JimDandy Dec 2014 #68

Makes sense to me! nt DawgHouse Dec 2014 #75

If it arises will fund. Muslim and Jewish men sit together? I hope so. appalachiablue Dec 2014 #104

better safe than sorry zappaman Dec 2014 #44

Good for the women! wheniwasincongress Dec 2014 #45

If my flight was delayed, or a connection missed due to LeftinOH Dec 2014 #48

I would move my seat HockeyMom Dec 2014 #52

usually the airline pre-accommodates for a groups seating and food needs Sunlei Dec 2014 #59

Now compare the kid-glove treatment they got with this nichomachus Dec 2014 #60

Sounds like they thought she was going to open the emergency exit Takket Dec 2014 #74

god damn phucking RELIGION again..............shit randys1 Dec 2014 #76

Why was there any delay? They should have been thrown off of the plane immediately. Chakab Dec 2014 #77

By female security agents, rather than their wacko religious beliefs... SMC22307 Dec 2014 #86

Let them fly chartered planes if they think they're going to get cooties from women Warpy Dec 2014 #85

I think it's fine if the cabin crew tries to accommodate these passengers (and any other petronius Dec 2014 #89

They should have been kicked off the aircraft malaise Dec 2014 #90

Religious fundamentalism is a pox on humanity. marmar Dec 2014 #96

again? this happened a few months ago Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #97

"The airport police are now boarding this aircraft. Anyone who doesn't sit down will be arrested" Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #100

Exactly. Sit down and shut up or get off the ****ing plane! Chemisse Dec 2014 #103

Time to dial 1-800-Oops Jew Blue Owl Dec 2014 #106

This same thing happened earlier this year, too! nt tblue37 Dec 2014 #108

Imagine the reaction had they been Muslims! 1step Dec 2014 #109

What assholes. Quantess Dec 2014 #110

Downladable cootie catcher! eridani Dec 2014 #111

toss them off the plane and arrest their fucking bigotted asses. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #112

In New York edhopper Dec 2014 #118

opposite sex and opposite race....nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #120

Well there is that edhopper Dec 2014 #121

so this was about religion but what happened at the Kosher Grocers had nothing to do with religion JI7 Jan 2015 #122