Davos: How Switzerland treats orthodox Jewish tourists – Society

The clear air, the mighty mountains – orthodox Jews love Switzerland as a holiday destination. But that doesn’t always meet with approval locally. On the way with a mediator who tries to clear up misunderstandings.

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Isabel Pfaff, Davos

The mountain sun is burning, the mowed meadows are fragrant, the summer toboggan run is glistening. There’s a lot going on at the turnstile, the little boys with side curls can’t get enough. One after the other, they let themselves be pulled up in the little bobsleds and shortly thereafter they are racing down the mountain. The girls in woolen dresses and tights also want: A maybe three-year-old climbs the bob with her big sister. When the little girl arrives downstairs with tousled curls and a radiant face, she wants to go back upstairs straight away.

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