March 2017

Burkini or Bikini?

 It’s in the news today that a French court in Nice has upheld the ban on burkinis that was recently imposed by the mayor of Cannes. The word’s an interesting and clever take on the work bikini and is a full body covering that allows Muslim women to bathe in public- very like a wetsuit […]

All Through the Night

Recently the Jewish community celebrated the festival of Shavuot. It comes 49 days after Pesach and is eagerly anticipated in a countdown to the festival.  It remembers the giving of the Torah to the People of Israel 3,000 years ago, a gift which is at the centre of Jewish life and a moment of great

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