Rifka and Smail

East High Street
/ 03.22.2020
/ 4:05 pm /
49° F

Rifka and Smail fled their native country of Bosnia in the midst of a bloody war, arriving in Lexington in November 1995. They made their home here and started their own business, Rifka’s Alterations. Their daughters Alma and Selma own Sorella, Lexington’s first gelato shop. Rifka and Smail have been in house isolation since March 13.

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