Orthodox Jews getting own credit card

JERUSALEM, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Bank Leumi plans to offer a credit card for Orthodox Jews that doesn't work on the Sabbath.

The new card will only be honored in businesses that themselves are observant of the Jewish Sabbath, Haaretz said Thursday.

Meir Porush, of United Torah Judaism and a leading figure behind the project, says more than 100,000 people from the ultra-Orthodox community have signed commitments not to shop at businesses that do not observe the Sabbath.

Porush believes the new credit card will attract hundreds of thousands more people "for whom the Sabbath is close to their hearts."

LeumiCard confirmed it was working on the new card.