Founded in November 1948, El Al is Israel’s national airline. The name comes from Hosea (11:7) and means “upward.” Non-military flights using military planes were labelled “El Al” even before the creation of the airline. The most famous of these flights took place in September 1948 when an “El Al” plane was used to bring Chaim Weizmann from Geneva to Israel to become Israel’s first president. Once the airline was officially formed, it began services to Rome, Paris, London, and Zurich. It currently flies to 36 destinations around the world.
El Al has participated in missions rescuing Jews around the world such as Operation Magic Carpet which brought Jews from Yemen to Israel in 1949–1950, Operation Exodus which brought hundreds of thousands of Jews from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the 1990s, and Operation Solomon which rescued thousands of Ethiopian Jews in 1991. El Al, formerly owned by the government of Israel, was privatized in 2005.Text on the back: El Al knows Israel best. Though small, our country is full of exciting places. Fly comfortably by jet to Israel with El Al Israel Airlines. Consult your travel agent for more about Israel and El Al.
A vertical format composed of 12 squares depicting different aspects of Israeli and Jewish life, along with the Logo of El Al, the Israeli official airline company. The images in the squares depict the tail of an El Al airplane; A stewardess; A couple at the sea with an El Al bag; An almond tree in bloom; a Shabbat plate; Sabra in bloom; A man and a woman standing with a flower wreath in a memorial service; The Kotel (the Western Wall); An orthodox Jewish boy; A couple near a column; and the airplane crew.
Founded in November 1948, El Al is Israel’s national airline. The name comes from Hosea (11:7) and means “upward.” Non-military flights using military planes were labelled “El Al” even before the creation of the airline. The most famous of these flights took place in September 1948 when an “El Al” plane was used to bring Chaim Weizmann from Geneva to Israel to become Israel’s first president. Once the airline was officially formed, it began services to Rome, Paris, London, and Zurich. It currently flies to 36 destinations around the world.
El Al has participated in missions rescuing Jews around the world such as Operation Magic Carpet which brought Jews from Yemen to Israel in 1949–1950, Operation Exodus which brought hundreds of thousands of Jews from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the 1990s, and Operation Solomon which rescued thousands of Ethiopian Jews in 1991. El Al, formerly owned by the government of Israel, was privatized in 2005.Text on the back: El Al knows Israel best. Though small, our country is full of exciting places. Fly comfortably by jet to Israel with El Al Israel Airlines. Consult your travel agent for more about Israel and El Al.
A vertical format composed of 12 squares depicting different aspects of Israeli and Jewish life, along with the Logo of El Al, the Israeli official airline company. The images in the squares depict the tail of an El Al airplane; A stewardess; A couple at the sea with an El Al bag; An almond tree in bloom; a Shabbat plate; Sabra in bloom; A man and a woman standing with a flower wreath in a memorial service; The Kotel (the Western Wall); An orthodox Jewish boy; A couple near a column; and the airplane crew.
The Joseph and Margit Hoffman Judaica Postcard Collection, Hebrew University
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