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The Limmat River in the Biedermanns' hometown of Zurich.

Cheese, Hospitality
Abound In Zurich

RUTH ROVNER

Special to The Jewish News

T

his is a typical Swiss
dinner, nothing elabo-
rate, so please make
yourself at home," says Heidi
Biedermann, leading the way
to the dining room.
On the table is a plateful of
assorted Swiss cheeses.
There's hard cheese, soft
cheese, tangy cheese, and
mild cheese.
Along with the cheeses are
potatoes, salad, rolls, and
fruit and yogurt for dessert.
The dinner offers more than
tasty food. Along with all
varieties of Swiss cheese,
there is the flavor of hospitali-
ty. On the napkins at the
table is a greeting in German,
which translates to "Welcome
from the family Bieder-
mann." And they mean it.
They are native Swiss Jews
who disprove the notion that
the Swiss are cold and
distant.
Indeed, the Biedermanns —
Freddy, Heidi and their
daughter Karen — are friend-
ly, unpretentious and eager to
meet travelers to Zurich who,
like many tourists in foreign
cities, come to Zurich and
would like the chance to meet
the Swiss.
The Biedermanns par-
ticipate in a special program
sponsored by the Zurich
tourist office. Called "Meet
the Swiss," it gives tourists
the chance to meet Swiss host
families registered with the
program, who usually invite
guests for an informal
meeting in their own homes.
"We've met people from all
over — from Israel, South
Africa, Canada, and the
United States," says Heidi,
bringing to the table the
guest book that she keeps
nearby, and which she always
asks guests to sign. After

twenty years in the program,
their guest book is crammed
with names.
On its pages are messages
that their guests have written
in German, French, Hebrew,
English, and Yiddish, and
signatures of people with
wide-ranging home ad-
dresses: Haifa, Johannesburg,
the Bronx, Manila, Tel -Aviv,
Los Angeles, Santa Cruz,
Toronto, Pittsburgh.
Many guests are delighted
with Zurich, a cosmopolitan
and beautiful city of hills, a
river and expansive Lake

The 'Meet the
Swiss' program
gives tourists the
chance to meet
Swiss host
families.

Zurich. But their messages
indicate that meeting a Swiss
family — especially a Jewish
family — in their own home
is a highlight of their travel
experience.
Because the Biedermanns
are the only Jewish family in
the Meet the Swiss program,
they've hosted a wide assort-
ment of Jewish visitors, from
the Orthodox rabbi from
Chicago to the Jewish family
from the Phillippines.
"Whenever a Jewish fami-
ly signs up for the program,
they're always matched with
us," says Heidi.
Jewish travelers who meet
the Biedermanns not only get
to enjoy Swiss cheese and old-
fashioned hospitality, but
they also learn about Jewish
life in the city which is home
to 7,000 Jews.
"Did you know that we
belong to the largest German-
speaking congregation in the
world?" asks Freddy. Zurich,
in the center of German-