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Police disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem this month.

Ultra-Orthodox rage against moves to force them into Israeli army

“The war has pushed everything to an extreme,” one professor explains, as tensions mount between a community that has always been exempt from military service, and the rest of the country.

  • Elisabeth Bumiller, Natan Odenheimer and Johnatan Reiss

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The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters, all of them consonants, and is read from right to left.

Revival of ancient tongue a miracle of our times

Learning the Hebrew alphabet in kindergarten, as my children did, Jewish children become part of something much bigger.

  • Nomi Kaltmann
Punchbowl’s Abu Ahmad Butchery.

‘We have become our own food scientists’: Navigating a chaotic and confusing billion-dollar industry

What is halal, and how is food certified? Inside an industry that has grown from the suburbs into big business and a major part of Australian trade.

  • Mostafa Rachwani

Fears emerge on Liberal religious right that cult inquiry unfairly targets Pentecostal churches

In an email to a think tank, an employee of a Liberal MP defended the Geelong Revival Centre, which has been accused of decades of abuse, as “strict but not coercive”.

  • Rachel Eddie
When it comes to dog training, first train the human.

When it comes to teaching dogs or humans, patience is key

Jesus is the perfect model as a teacher: infinitely patient and gentle with those who want to learn, yet equally authoritative and wise.

  • Barney Zwartz
Pope Leo XIV visited Australia four times before his election as head of the Catholic Church.

Royal Randwick lined up for Pope visit on a bumper weekend

Anthony Albanese invited Pope Leo XIV to a major Catholic gathering in Sydney in 2028 and planning is under way for a papal Mass if he takes up the offer.

  • Chris Barrett
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Lady Chapel, also known as Henry VII Chapel.

London’s most magnificent royal church is a trove of delights

The stones, bones and thrones of the famed Westminster Abbey provide a wonderfully cluttered walk through its religious, royal and architectural past.

  • Brian Johnston
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth

Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote

The repost on X from the US defence secretary illustrates his deep, personal connection to a Christian nationalist pastor with extreme views on the role of religion and women.

  • Konstantin Toropin
Schoolgirls dressed as Radha, the consort of Hindu Lord Krishna, look at a child dressed as Krishna during the celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival, in Ahmedabad, India

Celebrating Krishna’s birthday and all he brings to the Hindu faithful

Experiencing Krishna is inherently personal. I find that I relate to him in different forms depending on what I need in a given moment.

  • Sanket Sangwikar
Lebanese Muslim Association secretary Gamel Kheir said the mosque has had to install CCTV as a safety measure.

Sydney mosque members receive ‘death threats’ in call to prayer furore

Opponents to Lakemba Mosque installing new speakers for the Muslim call to prayer say the noise would be “intrusive” and will affect property prices.

  • David Barwell