The 27-year-old Israeli son of a well-known Christian evangelist was among the 298 victims who died when Malaysian airlines flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine. Dov Avnon, Itamar Avnon’s father, announced his son’s death on Facebook, the Ma’ariv daily reported Friday. “They say life is short – yes it is true,” wrote his Israeli-born father, who…
(Haaretz) — While the world anxiously awaits information regarding the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a perplexing Jewish angle to the story has emerged. In short, a Jewish traveler who is not Sabbath observant was booking a flight through a Jewish travel agent. The traveler planned on flying on Flight 370 on the…
The owner of a travel site claims a Jewish air traveler cheated death when he decided not to fly on Shabbat — and avoided being on board doomed Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The lucky globetrotter changed his mind about booking the flight last Saturday after an observant travel agent refused to book the flight from…
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