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teenager stowed away — business
class — on a recent British Airways
flight from Boston to London to
prove that he has the mettle to join
the Mossad.
_ A deeply embarrassed British Airways admit-
/— ted that its security was breached when 17-year-
old Abraham Derman managed to smuggle
himself aboard a Boeing 747 on July 12.
An airline spokesman said the company is
now cooperating with the Federal Aviation
Administration, which is investigating the inci-
dent.
Derman reportedly climbed the razor wire
surrounding- Boston's Logan Airport and
-walked through two miles of restricted area
before entering the airliner through a door -
that should have been locked.
Once aboard the plane, he took a seat in
economy class but moved into the business class
area when another passenger claimed his seat.
He then enjoyed a $6,000 trip for the
duration of the journey, enjoying a choice of
12 films.
--.) The adventure ended when the plane land-
/ ed at Heathrow Airport in London, and
British airport officials apprehended Derman.
He was sent back to Boston aboard another
British Airways flight.
According to the Boston Globe newspaper,
Derman told investigators that he had stowed
away to impress the Mossad.
Sources told the newspaper he is unlikely
to face criminal charges because he is under
/-- 18, but a spokesman for the airline said the
incident is being taken seriously.
Jeremy Crockford, a spokesman for the
Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates
Logan Airport, was quoted as saying that the
act was "unbelievably foolish."
"He could have been shot, or killed by a
plane, car or truck out there. It is a case where a
bright young man misused his talents." E

"He always put team before self, modesty before fame
and God before the World Series."
— Sports Illustrated magazine on naming Sandy Koufax
at the top of its 20 favorite athletes of the 20th century.
Koufax refused to play in the first game of the 1965 World
Series because it fell on Yom Kippur.

"I will say this, if the World Series happens to fall on a
Jewish holiday, I'm going to play in the World Series.
Too bad — that's just the person I am.
— Gabe Kapler, Detroit Tigers rookie, on comparisons to

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Sandy Koufax after Kapler said he wants to make it "cool to
be Jewish."

"It's pretty much Jews who are buying for Jews. A lot
of the humor is the voice. It's very Eastern European. I
can hear my bubbie saying it."

— Julie Levine, editor of Hallmark's "Tree of Life"
Jewish-oriented cards, on its new, lighthearted "So Laugh
Already" 26-greeting-card line with a Jewish edge.

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