Preferred Seating

Today, Anat Hoffman came and spoke to us, and talked about all the problems the IRAC (Israel Religious Action Center) is trying to fix.  One that stuck out to me was that, on a flight, an ultra-orthodox man is not allowed to be seated next to a woman.  If they are, it is almost certain that they will request a seat change or request the woman's seat to be changed, and the flight attendants will sometimes help them move/get the person next to them to move.  To me, this is not okay, not only because it is illegal, but also because it is simply not okay.  You could possibly make the argument that within Israel, Jewish laws should apply, because that is within a jewish state.  However, to apply that same logic to a flight, that is not even in Israel while it is in the air, is not okay.  In Israeli society, the people who aren't Orthodox already have to make sacrifices.   They should not have to make a sacrifice on a plane to leave or come into Israel.