Judy Lash Balint / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Judy Lash Balint / JNS.org
‘City’ of Military Training Bases Is Latest Game-Changer in Southern Israel
JNS.org - A not-so-quiet demographic and geographic revolution is taking place in Israel these days. After years of planning, concrete efforts are underway to shift populations -- particularly...
Jewish and Mormon Leaders Come Together to Remember Shared Values, Support for Zionism
JNS.org -- Exactly 175 years ago, an American non-Jew, under the direction of the founder of his church, climbed the Mount of Olives and offered an...
Israel’s National Library Turns the Page With an Eye on Community, Technology
JNS.org - The recent groundbreaking ceremony for the new building of the National Library of Israel (NLI), a major event in the history of Jerusalem, was a deeply...
Enterprising Spirit Sparks the Tourism Treasures of Israel’s Western Galilee
JNS.org - Yoney Skiba welcomes guests to the full-size Ethiopian hut in the yard of her home on Kibbutz Evron, near Nahariya, close to Israel’s northern...
What’s That Huge White Bridal Dress Floating Over the Tower of David?
JNS.org - “What’s that huge white bridal dress floating over the Tower of David?” That’s what visitors to Jerusalem’s Old City asked last week. The wedding...
At Jerusalem Film Festival, New Year Brings New Kind of Drama
JNS.org - In July 2014 in Jerusalem, sirens over the city at the beginning of the 50-day Gaza war forced the cancellation of the outdoor opening...
At ‘Bat Mitzvah,’ Israeli Center Seeks More Women’s Advancement Milestones
JNS.org - The controversy surrounding Israel's complex framework of laws relating to family life is well-known. Often portrayed via popular culture in films and...
On Israel’s Anniversary, President Reuven Rivlin Looks Ahead
JNS.org - You could call it Israel's version of former U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's "fireside chat." President Reuven Rivlin, 75, sat down with...
How Two Women Work to Shift Public Opinion on Israeli Sovereignty
JNS.org - Almost every day, Nadia Matar, 48, steers her battered white SUV along the hilly roads between Jerusalem and Gush Etzion to visit...
Preserving the Memories of Israel’s Creation
JNS.org - Elad Peled, 87, has told the story of how he was injured during the battle for Tzfat (Safed) in Israel's War...
New Zionist Programming From an Old-Line Zionist
JNS.org - Let's face it: there are some Israelis who are just larger than life. They're usually men, most often large men, who just...
Purim and the Poor in Israel
JNS.org - Israelis take Purim seriously—kids get the day off school, many towns put on a lively Purim parade, and the streets are filled...
Putting the Mitzvah in Bar Mitzvah
JNS.org - It's 9:30 a.m. on a sunny Monday morning in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. Two large groups of revelers almost...
Modi’in Struggles to Preserve Hasmonean Roots
JNS.org - Modi'in is a town mentioned in the Mishnah that was home to the Maccabees of Hanukkah fame, and where the oldest synagogue...
