Boffins Books is delighted to be present at Writing WA's author event The holy and the broken: Ittay Flescher in conversation with Tess Woods. Tickets are free but spaces are limited, so book to ensure your place!
This free celebration of stories, music, and community will feature:
ABOUT The holy and the broken:
For over 20 years, Ittay Flescher has worked as an educator, journalist and peacebuilder in Melbourne and Jerusalem. When he woke up on the morning of October 7 to the sounds of rocket sirens over Jerusalem and later saw the devastation of Gaza in response, the grief and sadness that engulfed him – and so many others- led him on a deep path of soul-searching and moral reckoning.
Following years spent facilitating dialogue between Jews, Muslims and Christians, Ittay believes that peace can only be found if we are willing to empathise with the pain of those who have hurt us most.
The holy and the broken challenges Palestinian and Israeli leaders, citizens and their supporters across the world to imagine a different reality; to look at history with a different eye; and to search for moments of engagement rather than resentment in the narratives of the past that each side tells about itself.
Ultimately, it is a story that is sure to comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable.
