U.S. pilots trigger ‘terror’ alert over Orthodox Jews’ tefillin ritual - Haaretz Daily
Religion • March 2011 • Views: 667
Pilots on an Alaska Airlines flight lock down the cockpit, alert authorities after three passengers conducted a Jewish prayer ritual during their Los Angeles-bound flight.
Tefillin are the great mystery of the universe, it seems. Not only does this happen on every airline besides El-Al, but the accompanying picture in Ha’aretz shows someone putting them on incorrectly. The mystery extends even to Jews. Go figure.