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Bollag, who, like many Swiss,
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fluent English, as well as
Italian, German, French and
some Hebrew.
A 10th-generation Swiss
Jew and a native of Lugano,
Mr. Bollag is an active
member of the 35-family
Jewish community. Like
several other Jewish shop
owners, he closes his store on
Saturdays.
Despite the community's
small size, Mr. Bollag proud-
ly points out that the Jews of
Lugano have managed to
hold daily minyans for 50 con-
secutive years. The small
community has its own rabbi,
a Hebrew school for the young
and a modern synagogue.
Mr. Bollag's grandfather
settled in Lugano way back in
1910, establishing the first
kosher hotel. At that time,
there were only a handful of
Jews. More came at the onset
of World War II when Jews
started to move south.
"There was an instinct to go
south, because north was
near Germany," says Mr.
Bollag. "So people from nor-
thern Switzerland emigrated
to the south."
By 1950, the Jews of
Lugano had their own rabbi
and were worshipping in a
small shul in the old town. By
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community had raised
enough money to build their
own synagogue, where Rabbi
Ben Zion Rabinowitz now
officiates.
"It wasn't easy to find a rab-
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of a very religious commu-
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from Manchester, England,
has adapted well to the needs
of a community which in-
cludes observant year-round
residents as well as tourists
who attend services while
they're on vacation here.
Lugano's Jewish residents
love this idyllic Swiss-Italian
town as much as the tourists
do. The rabbi enjoys swims in
the lake, for example. When
Mr. Bollag takes a vacation,
he often spends it relaxing on
his own balcony overlooking
the water. When you live in
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