Renee Rabinowitz
In 2017, she successfully sued El Al, after the airline forced her to move her seat on a NewarkâTel Aviv flight at the request of a Haredi Jewish man who refused to sit beside her due to his religious beliefs.[8][9] After speaking to Anat Hoffman, director of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), the organization filed a court case on her behalf for unlawful discrimination.The trial also ruled that El Al's practice of requiring unwilling passengers to accommodate Haredi religious mores violated the country's Prohibition of Discrimination in Products law.[11] In 2018, the Israel Religious Action Center attempted to run an advertising campaign reminding Israeli women that they were not required to change seats at the request of men.[12] In the same year, NICE Ltd. CEO Barak Eilam criticised El Al after they forced women to move seats at the request of Haredi men.