Shocker: Avis Car Rental Bars Israeli Executive from Renting

On Saturday evening, Dov Bergwerk arrived at the Avis branch on West 76^th Street and Broadway. Accompanied by his wife Ruth, the Bergwerks were planning to join friends for dinner in Westchester. Mr. Bergwerk, a senior vice president and general corporate counsel at the Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva, got out his driver’s license, reservation number and “Wizard” loyalty card – he’s rented from Avis dozens of times before – and anticipated the usual smooth transition into a nondescript mid-sized sedan. --That’s when the trouble started.

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