Shabbat Morning Service with Torah Study featuring Ittay Flescher

Gather with the Temple Israel community for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, as part of our Scholar-in-Residence weekend, Ittay Flescher will join us to explore how religion can be transformed from an obstacle into a bridge for Israeli-Palestinian peace.

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.