Writing
Judy Labensohn's writing is published in the following literary journals and publications:
Online Publications
- "Meeting the Next Door Neighbor"in The Jerusalem Report (personal essay)
- "Diving Into Mount Zion" in The Michigan Quarterly Review's special issue on Israel, Vol.92, No.2 (personal essay)
- "Dealing with Alzheimer's" in Cleveland Jewish News (personal essay)
- "Independence" in The Jerusalem Post Magazine (personal essay)
- "A Father's Message" in The Jerusalem Post Internet Edition (feature)
- "A Real Survivor" in Bambili.com (feature)
- "My Un-Wedding Ceremony" in ritualwell.org (nonfiction)
- "Seventeen Stories of Home" in Mirsky's Golems (fiction)
- "A League of Their Own" in Hadassah Magazine (feature)
- "A Large Country If You Walk It" in Hadassah Magazine (feature)
- "Life as a Victory" in Hadassah Magazine (feature)
Contributions in Anthologies
- "Leaving Babylon: A Walk Through the Jewish Divorce Ritual"
(under Judyth Har-Even) in In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction, 2004 - "The Queen of Slow Motion" in Jewish Sports Stories for Kids, 2004
- "Thoughts on Kashering the Kitchen"; "Love Thy Neighbour"; "Coming Out" in More of Our Lives: An Anthology of Jewish Women's Writings, 1993
- "Back From the Front" in Jewish Possibilities: The Best of Moment Magazine, 1987
- "Applelore" (under Judy Stonehill) in Headway: A thematic reader, 1970
Fiction
- USA: The Kenyon Review
Nonfiction (over 1,500 words)
- USA: Fourth Genre (2008), The Southwest Review (2007), Michigan Quarterly Review (2007), Natural Bridge, Creative Nonfiction, Reform Judaism, Lilith Magazine, Hadassah Magazine, Moment Magazine, Goucher Quarterly, Present Tense Magazine
Poetry
- Israel: Arc, Shdemot, Forum
- USA: Response, Reform Judaism, Jewish Frontier, Conservative Judaism, Pudding Magazine
Personal Essays (fewer than 1,500 words)
- Israel: The Jerusalem Post Magazine, The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report, Israel Scene
- USA: World Press Review, The Cleveland Jewish News, The Baltimore Jewish Times, WIZO Magazine
- Canada: The Canadian Jewish News
Prizes
- "Left Thumb, Right Hand, Lip: On Thumb Sucking and Writing"
Honorable Mention: 19th New Millennium Writings Awards 2005 - "The First Pregnancy in Jerusalem"
Honorable Mention: Moment Magazine's Annual Short Story Contest 2003 - "Leaving Babylon: A Walk Through the Jewish Divorce Ritual"
Finalist, The Walter V. Shipley Best Essay Award, June 2002
(sponsored by Chase Manhattan Bank and Creative Nonfiction)
