Judy Lash Balint is a Jerusalem-based journalist and writer and author. She is a contributor to the Fodor's Israel Guide as well as the Peace Fire anthology (Free Association Books) and The Expulsion from Gush Katif (Southern Hills Press).She currently serves as communications coordinator for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (www.jcpa.org) headed by Dr. Dore Gold, and freelance Israel correspondent for JNS.org and algemeiner.com.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, World Jewish Digest, Whistleblower Magazine, Midstream, Bnai Brith International Jewish Monthly, London Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jewish Action, Emunah Magazine, Amit Magazine and numerous US Jewish weeklies.Born in the U.K., Ms. Balint earned an M.S.W and B.A from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.