From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea

This episode features a Dvar Torah for Parshat Mishpatim shared by Ittay at Kehilat Kolenu in Melbourne on February 21, 2025   It deals with issues of hostage-taking, revenge, justice and peace.

This is a live recording of the Melbourne Book Launch of 'The Holy and the Broken,' hosted by the ACJC and TJI. It features music from Beth Riordan and Or Sagiv followed by a conversation between Sidra Kranz Moshinsky and Ittay Flescher. Thanks to John Circosta for arranging the sound setup at the Malvern Town Hall on February 9, 2025. 'The Holy and the Broken' is now on sale in bookshops across Australia and online. For more information on the book, see www.ittay.au [http://www.ittay.au/] Feedback is welcome to fromtheyarra@gmail.com [fromtheyarra@gmail.com]

One year on from October 7, Hannah and Ittay reflect on the past year, expressing their fears, hopes and disappointments.  And a very exciting announcement: Ittay has written a book! "The Holy and the Broken: A cry for peace from a land that must be shared" is now available for pre-order at ittay.au  2025 Australian Book Tour Dates: Perth - February 2 Sydney - February 6 Melbourne - February 9 Podcast feedback is always welcome at fromtheyarra@gmail.com [fromtheyarra@gmail.com] For more updates and special events, follow us at @fromtheyarra

In our tenth episode, Ittay speaks with Ahmed Fouad Al-khatib, a U.S. citizen from Gaza and a Middle East political analyst.  Ahmed has a master’s degree in intelligence studies from American Military University and has written and contributed extensively to publications on Gaza’s affairs in U.S., Israeli, Jewish, and Arab outlets. In this episode, Ahmed speaks to Ittay about his childhood experience attending the UNWRA schools of Gaza, which is a timely discussion as we have been hearing and seeing a lot about UNWRA in the news. ( For those unaware, UNWRA is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees). Both Ittay and Ahmed touch on the many challenges facing Jewish-Palestinian dialogue groups at this time, and provide some suggestions as to how we can learn to build bridges so that we can move forward together. We hope you enjoy the conversation. Further reading: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/as-a-gazan-i-still-believe-israelis-and-palestinians-must-talk/ [https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/as-a-gazan-i-still-believe-israelis-and-palestinians-must-talk/] Comments welcome at fromtheyarra@gmail.com [fromtheyarra@gmail.com] or follow us on Instagram at @fromtheyarra

In this episode, we have teamed up with the incredible Ibrahim and Amira, co-hosts of the podcast "Unapologetic - The Third Narrative" to bring you "Unapologetically, From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea".   Ibrahim and Amira are Palestinian-Israeli Citizens, who are unapologetic about their views and vision for a better future for all those who live between the river and the sea. In this episode we have honest conversations about what the term "resistance" means, the Boycott Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Zionism, Justice and so much more.  We are so proud of this episode and extremely grateful for Ibrahim and Amira sharing their thoughtful, kind and empathic views for the future of this land.  We know it's a long one but it is SO worth the listen! A big thank you to Ben Levitt for his support in editing this episode. Feedback is welcome at fromtheyarra@gmail.com