About us
Ohad Pele has been teaching Kabbalah, Sacred Sexuality, and Conscious Relating internationally for decades.
Previously a traditional Kabbalist Rabbi in Jerusalem, an academic scholar, and community leader, Ohad is well known as one of the most influential and radical spiritual teachers in the field. For more than ten years he has been a lead facilitator with ISTA — the International School of Temple Arts, and served for five years in its global governance. Before joining ISTA, Ohad Pele headed “Neviah — the Hebraic Academy of Universal Spirit” in Tel Aviv. Together with Dawn Cherie, he co-founded KabaLove, the school of Love in Kabbalah, in 2006.
Pele is a prolific creator. He’s authored multiple books, including the trilogy Kedesha, and is an artist, photographer, and songwriter. For his art see here and for his music on Spotify click here.
Dawn Cherie is a lead facilitator in the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA).
She is a performer, dancer, singer, a Watsu’er, and teacher of sacred love relationships. Her work is focused on enlivening women and men to live love at their great power, using methods of movement, ritual, and theater.
Dawn has studied extensively across multiple modalities and wisdom paths including Five Rhythms, Priestessing with Alisa Starkweather, native Peruvian and Lakota teachings, David Deida, Marshal Rosenberg, Watsu, Pelvic Heart Integration, and Kohennet Hebrew Priestessing.
Dawn is the co-founder of KabaLove, the school of Love in Kabbalah (2016). She is also in love with her snake, a red tail Boa Constrictor named Kunda(lini) who accompanies her on her healing work. Dawn is the co-founder of SSSTaR — the Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Ritual and Theatre international group associated with ISTA.
Ohad and Dawn’s love story…
She grew up in NY studying fashion and ecology and working as an actress in ritual theatre in Manhattan, while he grew up in Israel, searching for meaning, dedicating nights and days to study Kabbalah.
When she was modeling in Paris, exploring open sexuality, polyamory, and MDMA therapy, he was trying to completely avoid looking at women, becoming a Kabbalistic Rabbi, and helplessly fighting his forbidden sexual desires.
They met in 2002 in a retreat center in upstate NY. Their first conversation was about prayer and love-making…
Two days later, they were already in love. They wished to explore love and relationships ‘outside of the box’ and chose to be non-monogamous from day one.
In 2006, they created their own style of a wedding ceremony: a unique combination of Jewitch-shamanic-community-based love rituals.
In 2021, after more than 18 years together, and lots of experiences with lovers and other meaningful relationships, they are still deeply in love and open for more love to be expressed through them in the ecstatic current of life force. Their relationship is anything short of an amazing living laboratory of love, freedom, and exponential growth.
Find out more about ISTA
Ohad and Dawn are lead teachers with the International School of Temple Arts and regularly teach the Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Level 1, 2 & 3 retreats across the globe.
Spiritual... Sexual... Shamanic... each of these three areas alone carries enormous potential for liberation, freedom, love, and joy, as well as charge for shadow and misuse of power.
The ISTA Level 1, 2 and 3 support you to come into full power, full love and full freedom.
Find out more about ISTA and the retreats Ohad and Dawn are offering.