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Distortions Seen
In Handbook

Amsterdam (JTA) — The
Jewish community here is
furious over a handbook
distributed by the Royal
Dutch Airline, KLM, to its
flight attendants to acquaint
them with the distinctive
customs, backgrounds and
needs of passengers of diff-
erent religious groups.
Rabbi Raphael Evers, head
of the Orthodox Jewish
Seminary in the Nether-
lands, likened it to Mein
Kampf and the medieval
blood libel because of what
he said were gross distor-
tions about the customs and
behavior of observant Jews.
According to Rabbi Lody
Van De Kamp of the
Amsterdam Ashkenazic
Congregation, it reflects pre-
judice and lack of knowledge
of Jews and Judaism.
"KLM stimulates pre-
judice against Jews and
greatly offends the Jews,"
Rabbi De Kamp charged in
the Dutch Jewish weekly
Nieuw Israelietisch
Weekblad. He demanded
appropriate revisions in the
next edition.
KLM, Holland's globe-
girdling air carrier, has
promised to make all
necessary revisions.
The handbook, titled Cul-
tures Aboard, devotes 12 of
its 200 pages to Orthodox
Jews. It advises female
flight attendants that Or-
thodox male passengers
refuse to touch food handled
by a woman who is
menstruating. Sometimes
they will inquire discretely,
or not so discretely, if she is
having her monthly period,
the handbook says.
It claims that Orthodox
Jews have a sharp sense of
social control. "Passengers
who didn't order kosher food
(in advance) will just de-
mand it on the spot. They
call loudly showing their
anger over a mistake made
by KLM," the manual said.
Flight attendants are told
that Orthodox Jewish pas-
sengers may want to con-
gregate in the galley to pray
and there should be no objec-
tion to this request.
But, it warns, sometimes a
whole group occupies the
galley for a long time,
preventing the staff from
performing its duties.
A spokesman for the air
line said the handbook tried
to give as balanced a picture
as possible of the more ex-
treme religious behavior the
cabin staff might encounter
and how to handle situations
with which they may be con-
fronted.

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