Qabbalat Shabbat with Scholar in Residence Ittay Flescher

Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join this service full of prayer, meditation, and music!

We’ll be joined by our Scholar in Residence Ittay Flescher from Seeds of Peace Jerusalem, where he will speak about his new book, The Holy and the Broken, A Cry For Israeli-Palestinian Peace From A Land That Must Be Shared.

To join our community online, visit us on YouTube, Facebook Live or Temple Israel’s livestream.

Questions? Call 617-566-3960 or email info@tisrael.org.

Ittay Flescher

Originally from Australia, Ittay Flescher moved to Jerusalem with his family, with aspirations to live his best Jewish life and to shape a new reality. Working at Seeds of Peace in Jerusalem, Ittay has participated in and facilitated over a thousand hours of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. He has witnessed firsthand the impact of programs that build empathy and trust in times of war.

Ittay also works as the Jerusalem Correspondent for The Jewish Independent from Australia. As an insightful analyst of Israeli politics, he has a wide social media following and has been published in Haaretz, The Age, Crikey, ABC Religion and Ethics, Jerusalem Post, Fathom and many other publications and newspapers.

In 2025, he authored The Holy and the Broken, A Cry For Israeli-Palestinian Peace From A Land That Must Be Shared. Published with HarperCollins, the book was long listed for the 2025 Walkley Book Award, the most prestigious journalism prize in Australia.