Germany’s flag carrier denounced for collective punishment against Jewish passengers following mask dispute. By Ben Cohen, The Algemeiner More than 100 Orthodox Jews were prevented by the German airline Lufthansa from boarding a connecting flight at Frankfurt Airport last week, following a row over masking requirements that resulted in what passengers alleged was a collective punishment. The 127 Jewish passengers, who were traveling in separate groups last Wednesday, were not allowed to board a connecting flight to Budapest as a result of the claimed refusal of some of them to wear masks on the plane from New York’s John F....