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Related: About this forumSeriously, What Orthodox Women Wear to the Beach Is No Different From a Burkini
August 24, 2016
By Thea Glassman
Moshe Sebbag, the rabbi of the Grand Synagogue of Paris, announced this week that he supports the French ban on burkinis, the modest swimwear some Muslim women wear to cover up on the beach.
Wearing a burkini, he said, is not innocent and it sends a message.
But, we ask Sebbag, what difference exactly is there between the garb Orthodox Jewish women wear to the beach than the burkinis that some Muslim women wear?
And why should one religious group of women be allowed to follow their traditions over another?
Just asking.
Muslim woman at the beach
Orthodox Jewish woman at the beach.
Muslim woman.
Jewish woman.
Burkini
Modest Swimsuit for Orthodox Woman.
http://forward.com/sisterhood/348382/seriously-what-orthodox-women-wear-to-the-beach-is-no-different-from-a-burk/
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Seriously, What Orthodox Women Wear to the Beach Is No Different From a Burkini (Original Post)
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Aug 2016
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eShirl
(18,466 posts)1. Yes, someone explain how this isn't a double standard.
IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)2. Or Catholic nuns, Amish, Mennonites, and any conservative or modest people
also anyone who feels cold.
Why should a government police what people wear to the beach? Saying someone can't wear something (with no harm to anyone else) is just as bad as saying they have to wear something. These people should have the choice.
And many bigots would be happy to use this as an excuse to discriminate against Jewish people too in the future. It's naive to think it will be only Muslims.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)3. Um, no about the Catholic nuns. Most of them wear ordinary civilian clothes, including swimsuits.
But I don't think other people should be deciding what clothes women may wear -- either people in government or in their families.
IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)6. Some wear the habit
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)7. Very few. Also, no one is forced to be a nun.
But no one but a woman knows if she is being coerced to wear "modest" garb or if she's doing it of her free will. That's all I care about.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,124 posts)4. Or people who are sensitive to the sun...
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)5. Exactly.....I have coverups that I wear.....have to. nt