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For nearly 2,000 years, the position of rabbi – which literally means “my master” or “my teacher” - was limited to men. Fifty years ago, on June 3, 1972, as Sally J. Priesand became the first woman ordained a rabbi by a Jewish seminary.

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Source: The Conversation

Australian religious leaders gathered at Sydney's Barangaroo to demand an urgent referendum. The faith leaders formally endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for a "voice" — a representative body that can help shape policy directed at First Nations people — to be enshrined in Australia's constitution.

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Source: ABC News

It's a convergence that happens only rarely. Coinciding with Judaism's Passover, Christianity's Easter and Islam's holy month of Ramadan, Buddhists, Baha'is, Sikhs, Jains and Hindus also are celebrating their holy days in April.

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Source: CTV News

Tina Rahimi will be the first Muslim woman to box for Australia at a Commonwealth Games, having been called up to the team on Tuesday just four years after her first fight.

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Source: ABC

Originally a spring harvest festival, Baisakhi acquired religious significance after the10th Sikh guru created the Khalsa, a distinctive Sikh identity, on this day.

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Source: Religion News Service

On Sunday March 27th 2022, approximately 220 people gathered at Encore Events Centre in Hoppers Crossing, for the 2021 Victorian Interfaith Festival. The event was hosted by Melton Interfaith Network, Wyndham Interfaith Network, City of Melton, City of Wyndham and Wyndham Community & Education Centre, in partnership with the Faith Communities Council of Victoria.

In my teenage years I spent a lot of time in various Buddhist and Christian monastic communities across Australia, practising and learning what I could.

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Source: The Age

Sikh doctors who were barred from performing their normal duties due to improper fitting masks have found a new way of wearing them that keeps their facial hair intact.

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Source: SBS