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Stranded passengers get kosher meal courtesy of Montana Jewish community
Last edited Wed Nov 18, 2015, 12:28 PM - Edit history (2)
Predictably, the first comment hijacked the article and made it about Obama.
Stranded passengers get kosher meal courtesy of Montana Jewish community
By JORDON NIEDERMEIER jniedermeier@billingsgazette.com
Updated Nov 17, 2015
About 300 international travelers found themselves stuck in the Billings Logan International Airport on Sunday without access to food, and members of the Billings community did their part to help make a bad situation a little easier to bear.
Donna Healy jumped into action when she heard a El Al Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles made an unplanned stop in Billings. As a member of Congregation Beth Aaron, a Jewish community in Billings, Healy understands that many of the folks in Israel and aboard the flight keep a kosher diet. With the help of her daughter Kat Healy and Kat’s friend Victor Sargent, she decided to feed as many as possible.
“You just don’t often get a planeload of Israelis in Billings, and we thought we should do what we could to make them comfortable, and kosher food is a part of that,” Healy said.
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Michael Eisenberg was one of the stranded travelers who benefited from the surprise meal. ... “Once the rabbis came, there was more than enough. Tons. People in Billings can eat bagels for a month,” Eisenberg said.
By JORDON NIEDERMEIER jniedermeier@billingsgazette.com
Updated Nov 17, 2015
About 300 international travelers found themselves stuck in the Billings Logan International Airport on Sunday without access to food, and members of the Billings community did their part to help make a bad situation a little easier to bear.
Donna Healy jumped into action when she heard a El Al Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles made an unplanned stop in Billings. As a member of Congregation Beth Aaron, a Jewish community in Billings, Healy understands that many of the folks in Israel and aboard the flight keep a kosher diet. With the help of her daughter Kat Healy and Kat’s friend Victor Sargent, she decided to feed as many as possible.
“You just don’t often get a planeload of Israelis in Billings, and we thought we should do what we could to make them comfortable, and kosher food is a part of that,” Healy said.
....
Michael Eisenberg was one of the stranded travelers who benefited from the surprise meal. ... “Once the rabbis came, there was more than enough. Tons. People in Billings can eat bagels for a month,” Eisenberg said.
Here's what brought all that about:
El Al 777 carrying nearly 300 passengers makes emergency landing in Billings
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