Montreal Gazette

MOVING WOMEN FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS BANNED

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Israel’s national airline can no longer ask female passengers to move seats if an ultra-Orthodox man objects to sitting next to a woman, a Jerusalem court has ruled.

The landmark decision came in response to a lawsuit by Renee Rabinowitz, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, who sued El Al after she was asked to move.

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