US imposes $4 million penalty against Lufthansa over treatment of Jewish passengers

The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it is imposing a $4 million penalty against Lufthansa for discriminating against Jewish passengers from New York through Frankfurt to Budapest in May 2022. USDOT said 128 Jewish passengers -- nearly all of whom wore garments generally worn by Orthodox Jewish men -- were prohibited from boarding a connecting flight in Germany on the basis of alleged misbehavior by some passengers. Despite many of the passengers not knowing each other or traveling to