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Ultra-Orthodox passengers riot aboard El Al plane over screening of film
By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav 

Ultra-Orthodox passengers on an El Al flight to Kiev caused a serious commotion Sunday morning after, according to their testimony, a movie was screened on board the plane.

The Haredi men, en route to Uman, Ukraine to visit the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, said that the airline had promised not to show a film during the flight.

When the screens began to unfold in preparation for the screening, the ultra-Orthodox men began going wild. "It was a pretty frightening sight," a passenger on the plane described the events. According to witnesses, the men began shouting and physically trying to prevent the movie screens from unfolding.
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This is not the first time that El Al is faced with problems with ultra-Orthodox people on board flights to religious sites. In 2002, a flight crew had to prevent an ultra-Orthodox passenger, flying from Israel to Britain, from wrapping himself in plastic bags. The pilot was forced to return to Ben Gurion International airport in order to remove the passenger from the plane. The passenger, a Cohen, wrapped himself in plastic bags for fear that the plane's route would pass through the air above the Holon cemetery and he would consequently become impure.

Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, the leader of the Lithuanian Haredi community in Israel, published a halakhic ruling in the past stipulating that Cohens mustn't fly in this plane because they are prohibited from flying over a cemetery. Later, Rabbi Eliashiv found a solution to this issue, ruling that wrapping oneself in thick plastic bags while the plane crossed over the cemetery is permissible.
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  2.   Why is it a problem? 13:07  |  Motic 06/04/08
  3.   Nu? So what was the outcome? 13:10  |  Sherlock Holmes 06/04/08
  4.   Good for them ! 13:15  |  Jew 06/04/08
  5.   movies are generally better in the plane than on the screen in el 13:18  |  noam 06/04/08
  6.   Why weren`t they shot? 13:31  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/04/08
  7.   solution 13:32  |  TW 06/04/08
  8.   They sound CRAZY. Guess what, they are CRAZY 13:38  |  POP 06/04/08
  9.   The Irony of the Ad for GAY BOYS on this page is great!!!!! 13:39  |  POP 06/04/08
  10.   films 13:41  |  Johan Yoder 06/04/08
  11.   why?????????????????? 13:42  |  eva 06/04/08
  12.   lET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT 13:56  |  eL 06/04/08
  13.   Suit life to superstitious beliefs 14:00  |  AliciaYasmeen 06/04/08
  14.   Crazy lousy black hats.... 14:20  |  Albert 06/04/08
  15.   Movie Madness 14:22  |  Ira Kleiman 06/04/08
  16.   to Jew #4 14:24  |  Albert 06/04/08
  17.   Better than blowing up the airplane! That`s crazy! 14:31  |  petra 06/04/08
  18.   Good for Them (#4) 14:41  |  Steve 06/04/08
  19.   Haradim 14:44  |  G.S 06/04/08
  20.   good reason to fly on saturday 15:02  |  M 06/04/08
  21.   (Orthodox) Israel hasn`t yet arrived at the 21th century...... 15:19  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/04/08
  22.   #6 nice moral equivallency 16:41  |  JR 06/04/08
  23.   Little completion to my # 21 16:52  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/04/08
  24.   #22 JR 17:04  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/04/08
  25.   Riots on the Plane 17:36  |  Steve a 06/04/08
  26.   NAHAL HAREDI-SAYERET-ELITE SQUAD 17:39  |  Avi Klein 06/04/08
  27.   Experience with Haradim 18:10  |  Drew 06/04/08
  28.   haredim 18:17  |  edith 06/04/08
  29.   Swiss Dino #23. 18:31  |  David 06/04/08
  30.   So you Steve (22) believe in something too. More or less foolish? 18:33  |  Karl 06/04/08
  31.   How could Elyashiv make such a ruling? 18:56  |  Raymond from DC 06/04/08
  32.   Unbelievable parallel: How abuse of seculars is matched by goyim 19:02  |  Yaakov 06/04/08
  33.   # 15 Ira Kleiman.....they should hire a private 19:06  |  Lynn 06/04/08
  34.   Don - here`s what German and European law say on the issue. 19:11  |  Allon 06/04/08
  35.   Raymond from DC 19:16  |  Jim 06/04/08
  36.   GREAT!!! 19:22  |  PS 06/04/08
  37.   movie madness 19:23  |  elliot 06/04/08
  38.   Isn`t that ridiculous 19:35  |  Joshua 06/04/08
  39.   To # 15 19:38  |  mark 06/04/08
  40.   Safety Video 19:51  |  ABL 06/04/08
  41.   # 31 allon 19:56  |  Axel 06/04/08
  42.   Allon, the argument is fail 20:19  |  Haldrik 06/04/08
  43.   re Chris Linthwaite `Why weren`t they shot?` 20:22  |  Colin Wright 06/04/08
  44.   Dino 20:48  |  Jane 06/04/08
  45.   # 29 David 20:52  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/04/08
  46.   Convince them not to fly 21:07  |  W 06/04/08
  47.   These guys are the reason why 6 MILLION 21:15  |  ottomatik 06/04/08
  48.   Isn`t it funny how they can protest because.... 21:16  |  Deborah 06/04/08
  49.   Nature is predatory. Humans are uniquely more valuable. 21:17  |  Haldrik 06/04/08
  50.   Come on all you tolerant people 21:19  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/04/08
  51.   Chareidim Resemble the Moslems 21:30  |  Raymond 06/04/08
  52.   Bring back racial profiling 21:36  |  Ehud 06/04/08
  53.   # 44 Jane (1) 21:39  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/04/08
  54.   Chris Lithwaite #6, #24 is an antisemite 21:46  |  Asher 06/04/08
  55.   # 44 Jane (2) 21:58  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/04/08
  56.   Secular passengers are always well-behaved, never a problem ??? 21:58  |  ace 06/04/08
  57.   Arrest them 22:02  |  Semsem 06/04/08
  58.   I heard it was a very bad movie 22:03  |  Proud Israeli 06/04/08
  59.   Chris Linthwaite -- absolutely clueless about Judaism 22:06  |  bbl 06/04/08
  60.   #49 Asher of new York 22:09  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/04/08
  61.   The question is: what was the film? 22:16  |  Esther 06/04/08
  62.   Such goody-goody`s - or so it seems! 22:18  |  Rozz 06/04/08
  63.   Re Margie #49 22:29  |  Esther 06/04/08
  64.   #50 The SA queen in TA Gets it wrong as usual 22:37  |  Labhras 06/04/08
  65.   #53 Swiss Dino and Jane 22:43  |  Labhras 06/04/08
  66.   bbl 22:46  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/04/08
  67.   bbl 22:46  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/04/08
  68.   Dino 22:59  |  Jane 06/04/08
  69.   Oh Chris 23:02  |  Hilda 06/04/08
  70.   #6, Chris Linthwaite... 23:07  |  Silvienne 06/04/08
  71.   #43, Colin Wright... 23:09  |  Silvienne 06/04/08
  72.   Riot aboard El Al plane 23:12  |  Dave 06/04/08
  73.   #60, Chris Linthwaite... 23:13  |  Silvienne 06/04/08
  74.   Chris Linthwaite(too many talkbacks to mention) 23:13  |  ash 06/04/08
  75.   Linthwaite - learn to read 23:15  |  Elihu 06/04/08
  76.   #64, Labhras... 23:15  |  Silvienne 06/04/08
  77.   what about duct tape? 23:16  |  tom 06/04/08
  78.   #44, Jane... 23:19  |  Silvienne 06/04/08
  79.   to swiss dino 23:19  |  ash 06/04/08
  80.   BAN THEM FROM ELAL FOR LIFE 23:22  |  Phil 06/04/08
  81.   Hahaha - plastic bags protect from the undead 23:25  |  William 06/04/08
  82.   LINTHWAITE.worry about your Brit.Moslems planning to blow up 23:26  |  PETER SM 06/04/08
  83.   Why does the gov`t. fund them at all? 23:27  |  No wimp 06/04/08
  84.   morons 23:40  |  johan yoder 06/04/08
  85.   # 65 Labhras 23:46  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/04/08
  86.   crazy fascists 23:52  |  ILFESSO 06/04/08
  87.   # 49 haldrik 00:03  |  Axel 07/04/08
  88.   You made my day! 00:05  |  Fer 07/04/08
  89.   torah gone primitive 00:07  |  scrolls 07/04/08
  90.   Dont they know that plastic bags are environmently unfriendly 00:14  |  Alan 07/04/08
  91.   Chris Linthwaiteasshole 00:15  |  Ian McWhatever 07/04/08
  92.   Not a problem.... 00:31  |  Webster 07/04/08
  93.   Elihu #73 00:36  |  Cyasher 07/04/08
  94.   # 74 and the name of the BIG winner is ash...... 00:38  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/04/08
  95.   Drew I was participating in this Gay parade 00:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/04/08
  96.   i have some extra platic bags 00:52  |  howard 07/04/08
  97.   NICHE FOR SPECIALIST AIRLINE 01:06  |  Ilya 07/04/08
  98.   Solution: Don`t fly El Al 01:09  |  Chanalau, Tova 07/04/08
  99.   Becoming `impure.` 01:12  |  Maureen Ann 07/04/08
  100.   If G-D had intended man to fly... 01:20  |  Veritas 07/04/08
  101.   Breslov Hasids: Ultra-Orthodox but not Haredi 01:28  |  Scientist 07/04/08
  102.   Dont like it......walk to Kiev next time 01:30  |  karakaya 07/04/08
  103.   Just One Question 01:32  |  Jeff Northridge 07/04/08
  104.   Very unorthodox bevaviour 01:35  |  Murray of Montreal 07/04/08
  105.   Stay home Tovaleh, why would you want to fly to Israel to begin w 01:39  |  Zionist 07/04/08
  106.   El Al doesn`t fly on Saturday-takeBA 01:42  |  Isabella 07/04/08
  107.   This is news? Whats next: "Haredi Man Acted Mean to me"? 01:44  |  R. Ben-Yehuda 07/04/08
  108.   #86 Indeed you sound like someone stuffed in his pants 01:51  |  Trotzky 07/04/08
  109.   Everyone on the plane was already in a "plastic bag" 02:00  |  Dr. L. Brnd 07/04/08
  110.   Dino 02:05  |  Jane 07/04/08
  111.   #71, ash... 02:09  |  Silvienne 07/04/08
  112.   If they`d all wrapped themselves in plastic bags... 02:11  |  Silvienne 07/04/08
  113.   #91 El Al is the best and better than British x 100 02:13  |  Elly 07/04/08
  114.   #60 Yes you are an antisemite Chris Linthwaite 02:18  |  Liliane 07/04/08
  115.   Rabbi Nachman Me Uman 02:19  |  Motke 07/04/08
  116.   All Cohens ----Represent a heavy burden on Israel and Judaism 02:27  |  hf jollu 07/04/08
  117.   People that crazy and anti-social shouldn`t leave home anyway. 02:28  |  Nechama 07/04/08
  118.   relax 02:28  |  anyone 07/04/08
  119.   Don`t be Embarrassed, Israel 02:35  |  Khalid 07/04/08
  120.   Breslov seem to have changed and not for the better 02:36  |  Kosher for Pesach 07/04/08
  121.   Salivienne 02:43  |  Jane 07/04/08
  122.   Salivienne 02:43  |  Jane 07/04/08
  123.   Salivienne 02:43  |  Jane 07/04/08
  124.   Salivienne 02:43  |  Jane 07/04/08
  125.   The solution 02:57  |  Uzi 07/04/08
  126.   To Yaakov- the Shteitl Man 03:08  |  Daniel Lions 07/04/08
  127.   They Walked Like Sheep to the Cemetary, Then 03:31  |  Dave Levy 07/04/08
  128.   More sensationalism - and missing details 03:34  |  Adrian de Klerk 07/04/08
  129.   # 6 Chris Linthwaite- "Why weren`t they shot?" 03:37  |  17 07/04/08
  130.   Religious-Nuts gone nuts 03:50  |  anti-racist 07/04/08
  131.   Has EL AL got any security footage of what happenned? IF these 03:51  |  PETER SM 07/04/08
  132.   A bit confusing, need more detail 03:57  |  David 07/04/08
  133.   #95 There is a way to use private Jews ( sorry jets) 04:05  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/04/08
  134.   These Breslov passengers lost it because they got surprised 04:09  |  Haldrik 07/04/08
  135.   An even scarier story... 04:22  |  Dov 07/04/08
  136.   They Should Not Have Shown the Movie 04:25  |  MIKE 07/04/08
  137.   Happy cows in Switzerland 04:31  |  Alex 07/04/08
  138.   Maybe they were showing The Passion? Oy gevult! 04:38  |  Second Coming 07/04/08
  139.   HAREDI PLASTIC BAGS 04:38  |  CHOSEN WORLD 07/04/08
  140.   Maybe they were showing The Passion? Oy gevult! 04:43  |  Second Coming 07/04/08
  141.   No I dont mean that 05:14  |  Haldrik 07/04/08
  142.   Christ #6, the reason they were not shot 05:24  |  ELIAS KHOURY 07/04/08
  143.   No Room For Baggage on Elal! 05:36  |  HalfSours.com 07/04/08
  144.   REALLY SMALL MINORITY 05:50  |  James 07/04/08
  145.   This is just so funny! ("Shrink-wrapped crazies") 06:16  |  PADDY 07/04/08
  146.   jane 109 06:23  |  potobac 07/04/08
  147.   I LOVE JUDAISM 06:43  |  Michael 07/04/08
  148.   Intolerant to "ultra-Orthodox" because they are different! 07:41  |  Moises 07/04/08
  149.   excellence 07:44  |  tuvye 07/04/08
  150.   Swiss, do you understand their reasons? 07:53  |  Moises 07/04/08
  151.   POTOBAC. Re Prohibition on consuming Milk and meat together 08:14  |  PETER SM 07/04/08
  152.   Good One Paddy # 145 _ Very Funny !! 08:16  |  Eli 07/04/08
  153.   Our Catholic church rrecent travels were much more orderly 08:20  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/04/08
  154.   As `a Catholic I watch lots of movies even porn. So what? 08:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/04/08
  155.   Zionists wanted a "Jewish state"..... 09:22  |  Joe 07/04/08
  156.   Ahhhh, The Flock Dances 09:35  |  FOX 07/04/08
  157.   Haredi Airline Service 09:56  |  Lev 07/04/08
  158.   Zionists wanted a "Jewish state"..... 09:58  |  Joe 07/04/08
  159.   # 110 Jane 10:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/04/08
  160.   # 137 Alex 10:14  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/04/08
  161.   154 10:23  |  Nach 07/04/08
  162.   if they were told no movies would be shown... 11:14  |  eric 07/04/08
  163.   # 150 Moises (2nd try) , the answer is very easy....... 11:55  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/04/08
  164.   To Eric #162 - If I had a shekel.... 12:47  |  B`Galil 07/04/08
  165.   #121, Jane... 03:07  |  Silvienne 08/04/08
  166.   #114, Liliane... 03:09  |  Silvienne 08/04/08
  167.   # 164 to B`Galil 05:54  |  eric 09/04/08
  168.   Ultra orthodox on flights 12:53  |  david 09/04/08
  169.   #148, Moises... 04:49  |  Silvienne 11/04/08
  170.   Worst piece of Journalism ever! 21:52  |  Meir 16/04/08
  171.   Plastic Bags 15:31  |  Jon Cohen 05/06/08
  172.   jewish fundamentalists 17:18  |  fab 05/06/08
  173.   ? 23:45  |  fred 05/06/08
  174.   Chris and Don 23:59  |  fred 05/06/08
  175.   Haredim Gone WIld 03:41  |  Carl 06/06/08
  176.   extremism 03:59  |  gershon775 08/06/08
  177.   Quiet, well-behaved passengers 03:41  |  Joe Camel 26/06/08
  178.   I`M NOT CHAREDI BUT I AGREE WITH THEM 09:26  |  PalestniansAreA Myth 26/06/08
  179.   what`s good for the goose... 09:53  |  gregor samsa 26/06/08
  180.   EL AL..........RIOTS 15:26  |  A.Berkovits 26/06/08
  181.   flying with the ultra-Orthodox 00:52  |  esthermiriam 29/06/08
  182.   flying with the ultra-Orthodox 00:52  |  esthermiriam 29/06/08
  183.   which airline? 10:31  |  Evram 03/07/08
  184.   this is not a first... 20:57  |  Ofra 24/07/08
  185.   Re #170, where was the editor, rather . . . 23:07  |  Zev Davis 03/11/08
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