Judy Lash Balint
ARTICLES BY: Judy Lash Balint
Jewish Leader Malcolm Hoenlein Lauds Christian Support for Israel, Warns Against Missionizing (INTERVIEW)
Back in 1977, Mike Evans was the director of Bnei Yeshua, an openly messianic congregation he founded in Texas and moved to Stony Brook, NY....
Uncanny Similarities: Lebanon 2006, Gaza 2014
Exactly eight years ago, on July 21, 2006, Major Benji Hillman, 27, of Raanana was buried in the middle of the Second Lebanon War. Benji, the...
‘Peres In Therapy:’ Comedy Show Could be a Solution to the Mideast Conflict
Israel has a fresh and vital comedy scene, with a host of "stand-up-istim" (yes, that's right, Hebrew has no word for stand-up comedians), as well...
Remembering Entebbe: Israel’s July 4
July 4 marks the 37th anniversary of Operation Yonatan, Israel's dramatic rescue of 103 hostages that took place on July 4, 1976, at Entebbe, Uganda. As a college student...
Experiencing Jerusalem Through the Arts
Jerusalem--Jerusalem inspires creative energy—ever since David composed his Psalms here, the holy city has been known as a place of poets, artists, musicians and performers. Now, a...
Where Jewelry and Charity Meet
What's the highest level of charity according to Jewish tradition? It's giving someone in need a job or training for a career so they can...
Ten Ways You Know Rosh Hashana in Israel is Almost Here
1. Turn on the radio any time in the weeks between the date school starts and Yom Kippur, and it's a sure bet that on...
The Next Generation of Israeli-Arab Employment
Nibras Taha, 36, is the director of the brand new one-stop employment center in the Israeli Arab town of Tira, a few miles northeast...
Jesus in Telpiot?
Get ready for more controversy over archaeology in Jerusalem. After the Discovery Channel aired a documentary this month about what's underneath a building in East...
A Quiet Education Revolution
A quiet revolution is taking place in the Israeli education system. When the next school year begins in September, a third stream of state-approved schools...
Israeli Scoffs Donuts for Charity
In Israel sufganiyot (donuts) appear in bakeries shortly after the end of Sukkot. No matter that Chanukah is months away, everyone likes to get a...
Day of No Traffic Lights
I know most Jews call Yom Kippur by other names, but here in Jerusalem, it's the Day of No Traffic Lights. There are no traffic...
Look Who’s Making Aliyah
The latest Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight, which carried 360 new immigrants from North America, landed at Ben Gurion International Airport early morning August 16, Elvis...
