Lufthansa Whitewashes Anti-Semitism in Not Allowing Orthodox Jews to Board Flight

Back in May, the German airliner Lufthansa refused to board over 100 Orthodox Jews off a flight bound from Frankfurt to Budapest because a handful of passengers were not wearing masks on the original flight out of New York. Of course, at the time of the flight, mask mandates for travel in the U.S. had been lifted, but had not been lifted in Germany. Yet the vast majority of Orthodox Jews on the flight were in fact masked. Despite this fact all Orthodox Jewish passengers were removed from the flight prompting accusations of anti-Semitism.

Although Lufthansa subsequently apologized for the incident, it has denied their actions were motivated by anti-Semitism. At the time of the incident, the company stated, “We find the claim of anti-Semitism unwarranted and without merit,” This despite the fact a Lufthansa employee who said, "It was Jewish people who made the mess, Jewish made the problem."

Now Lufthansa continues to whitewash anti-Semitism. Lufthansa conducted a subsequent "investigation" and claimed,  “The thorough investigation did not reveal any sentiments of antisemitism, prejudice or premeditated behavior by Lufthansa representatives.”

If a Lufthansa employee loudly proclaiming Jews made the mess and made the problem isn't anti-Semitic sentiment then what is?

Not that I have any plans to travel to Europe anytime soon. But one thing is for sure I certainly won't be flying Lufthansa.