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Etgar Lefkovits is a correspondent in the Israel bureau of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate).

Etgar Lefkovits

Etgar Lefkovits is an award-winning international journalist who is an Israel correspondent and feature news writer at JNS. A native of Chicago, he has two decades of experience in journalism having served as Jerusalem correspondent in one of the world’s most demanding positions. He is now based in Tel Aviv.

Francesca Albanese
World News
Serbia blasts Albanese for ‘unacceptable interference’ after her latest criticism of Israel
Belgrade condemns the U.N. official’s remarks on its military ties with Israel, calling them beyond her mandate.
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
An Israir plane at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Israel News
Israir cancels regularly scheduled flights until Passover
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the bombing at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires that killed 29 people and wounded 200, at the Israeli Embassy Square in Buenos Aires on March 17, 2026. Photo by Juan Mabromata/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Milei: Argentina’s commitment to the United States and Israel is ‘unwavering’
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Wizz Air
Israel News
Wizz Air resumes flights to Israel
Ben-Gurion Airport sees busiest day since Oct. 7, 2023.
Aug. 8, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Hundreds of European rabbis to attend landmark convention in Azerbaijan
The biennial convention of the Conference of European Rabbis will discuss the expansion of the Abraham Accords to include Azerbaijan.
Aug. 5, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Tosha Bakery
Israel News
‘Returning home’: Israeli cafe near sea and Lebanese border reopens amid postwar renewal
“You have to be an optimist,” says Tomer Suissa, who co-manages the Tosha Bakery. “If you are not an optimist, you will not be here.”
Aug. 4, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), speaker of the United States House of Representatives, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Aug. 3, 2025. Credit: Western Wall Heritage Foundation.
Israel News
House speaker prays at Western Wall for US to ‘always stand with Israel’
“We are grateful for the privilege of being here in Israel today, on the day we recognize the destruction of the Temple twice in history,” Mike Johnson said.
Aug. 3, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A view of the new visitor center at the Sataf Forest in the Jerusalem Hills, July 28, 2025. Photo by Lior Avitan.
Features
Visitor center with French patisserie opens in Sataf Forest
The $4.5 million project seeks to make the historical and agricultural heritage of the site more accessible to visitors, with a boutique culinary experience.
Jul. 29, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Netanyahu
Israel News
Netanyahu to Christian leaders: No starvation in Gaza
At an event in Jerusalem with White House Faith Office leader Paula White, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the U.N.'s “excuses and lies” with regard to the Gaza Strip.
Jul. 28, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A girl lights a candle during a mass commemorating late South African former president Nelson Mandela in Soweto, near Johannesburg, on Dec. 8, 2013. Photo by Pedro Ugarte/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Nelson Mandela Foundation spurs outrage by offering money to combat Christian Zionism
“The name of Nelson Mandela is being misused by ideological extremists to promote an aggressive anti-Israel agenda, under the guise of human rights,” said the South African Zionist Federation.
Jul. 23, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Kibbutz Yiron, Agricultural Community
Features
New Israeli agricultural high school to open near the border with Lebanon
“These are more than schools; they are hubs of resilience, hope and renewal,” said Talia Tzour Avner, chief Israel officer of the Jewish National Fund-USA.
Jul. 22, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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