Orato Member since September 25, 2007
Judy Lash Balint is a Jerusalem-based journalist and writer and author of Jerusalem Diaries II: What's Really Happening in Israel and Jerusalem Diaries: In Tense Times. (Gefen) She is a contributor to the Fodor's Guide To Israel 2006 edition and to the Peace Fire anthology edited by Ethan Casey and Paul Hilder (Free Association Books).
In 2003 Ms. Balint received the Mosaic Award for Excellence in Feature Writing about Israeli Peoplehood, Culture and Society and took second place in the Jerusalem Foundation's Excellence in Jerusalem Reporting contest.
Ms. Balint's work has appeared in the N.Y Post, Christian Science Monitor, Bookmarks Magazine, Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz - Magazine, The Forward, Seattle Times, Seattle P-I, Montreal Suburban, Moment Magazine, Jerusalem Report, Whistleblower Magazine, Midstream, Bnai Brith International Jewish Monthly, London Jewish Chronicle and numerous US Jewish weeklies.
Ms. Balint is a regular contributor to www.frontpagemag.com, www.jewsweek.com and www.jbooks.com.
Ms. Balint provides occasional commentary from Jerusalem for New Zealand Public Radio; the Dave Ross Show on Seattle's CBS affiliate, KIRO Radio, 710AM; KOMOnewsradio, Seattle's ABC affiliate; the Lee Rodgers Show on KSFO/ABC Radio in San Francisco and ClareFM in Shannon, Ireland. 
