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A view of Arosa, Switzerland in summer. (Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)

In the Swiss Alps, locals and haredi Orthodox tourists find ways to get along

Cultural differences and a scandal over a hotel’s sign about Jews are complicating a mutually beneficial tourist arrangement.

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Yoskeh and Nurit Mamrmurstein enjoying winter blossoms in Alumum, Israel in 2012. (Courtesy of Yoskeh)

How a religious Jewish farmer became a promoter of assisted suicide in Israel

Yoskeh Marmurstein’s wife Nurit left home to end her life in Switzerland. He called the process “an unnecessary nightmare.”

Zurich Jewish school to close after failing to meet standards for secular subjects

Separately, a Jewish school in London was flunked by the Education Ministry over its censorship of textbooks deemed immoral.

I talked to the ‘anti-Semitic’ Swiss hotel owner. It’s more complicated than you think.

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Amid outcry over hotel’s signs singling out Jews, Swiss lawmaker raps Israel for tolerating haredim

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Switzerland withholds data on funding for BDS groups, cites ‘foreign policy interests’

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Swiss court overturns hate-incitement conviction for Jewish musician’s Facebook remarks

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Israeli mother, daughter killed in car accident in Switzerland

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Swiss socialist group apologizes for publishing caricature seen as anti-Semitic

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Swiss official fired for anti-Semitic email

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