El Al’s first female Charedi Orthodox pilot flew Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a summit in Greece.
The prime minister and his wife, Sara, took several photos with the pilot, who was the first officer on the flight, before they took off.
Novak attended flight school in the United States, where she worked to log enough flight hours. Unlike most Israeli pilots, she did not serve in the Israeli Air Force, where most pilots log their flight hours and get their licenses.
Novak attended flight school in the United States, where she worked to log enough flight hours. Unlike most Israeli pilots, she did not serve in the Israeli Air Force, where most pilots log their flight hours and get their licenses.
“Being a pilot has always been a dream of mine. My husband is very supportive, and he is helping realize this dream,” she said in 2015 when she started her flight training.
Novak lives in a a Charedi neighborhood of Jerusalem and is reluctant to grant interviews.
Novak lives in a a Charedi neighborhood of Jerusalem and is reluctant to grant interviews.
All this to support her kollel family.
ReplyDeleteDoes not get any better.
Also, she may get some extra stipends for all kollel 'ingeh'laht' by having a positive influence on Natanyahu.
What a Zi'chis.
Mazal Tov to her!
ReplyDeletewhat an amazing women. She is reluctant to grant interviews...is this due to a sense of modesty on her part- she doesn't want to boast of her success? Or does she fear retribution and condemnation for being so independent and entering such a "goyish" profession?
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly is "goyish" about being a pilot?
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't appear chareidi to me. Hair uncovered, no shaytel. And wearing that uniform would probably get you stoned in Meah Shearim.
ReplyDeleteBecause it is yichud when she flies with a male copilot behind a locked cockpit door
ReplyDeleteI seriously doubt that her husband is in Kollel.
ReplyDelete3,44 her yichud issue has already been addressed by rabbis.
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