(JTA) — A senior Paris rabbi defended a string of controversial municipal bans in France on wearing the full-body swimsuit known as a burkini in public. Moshe Sebbag of the Grand Synagogue told ...

The furore over it reached a peak in the summer of 2016, when many towns and cities in France, starting with Cannes, banned the burkini and arrested or fined those it deemed to have broken the bans.

The burkini, a wetsuit-like garment that covers the torso, limbs and head, has prompted hysteria in France in recent days, despite being worn by only a handful of women. One ban was imposed following ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Protestors gathered outside the French embassy in London calling for a repeal of the laws banning burkini swimsuits. The demonstration came as London mayor Sadiq ...