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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.

Israeli teacher Tamar Eyal, one of the six recipients of the Tzemach David Foundation award for excellence in Jewish education, with foundation founder and president David Magerman and executive director Tamar Krieger Kaleb., April 28, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Tzemach David Foundation.
Israel News
Six Israeli teachers awarded for innovative Jewish education
Awards seek to “recognize and honor the visionary educators who are transforming the landscape of teaching in Israel.”
June 5, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
An EL AL flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, May 13, 2025. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Israel News
El Al to launch flights to Argentina
An official announcement of the long-awaited move will be made during Argentine President Javiel Milei’s June 9-11 visit to Israel, according to Argentina’s Ambassador to Israel.
June 1, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
United Airlines
Israel News
United resuming flights to Israel on June 5
“This resumption follows a detailed assessment of operational considerations for the region,” the airline said in a statement.
June 1, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel addresses a group of Czech lawmakers and supporters of Israel in the Czech Parliament, May 28, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of the Israeli deputy foreign minister's office.
Jewish Life
Czech parliamentarians mark Jerusalem Day in show of support for Israel
“Ours is a history of friendship forged in struggle and deepened in shared values,” Israel’s deputy foreign minister told Czech legislators at the event.
May 29, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar addressing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Israel News
Israeli FM: Arms embargo will lead to a second Holocaust
“If these initiatives are successful, Israel will simply be eliminated,” said Gideon Sa’ar.
May 28, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel
Israel News
Israeli deputy FM: The world loves dead Jews
“If I need to choose between the life of my children and the sympathy of the Europeans, the choice is clear,” said Sharren Haskel.
May 27, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
French police walk above the peripherique circular road in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, to take their positions after a gunman opened fire and took people hostage at the Hyper Cacher kosher grocery store on Jan. 9, 2015. Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
French textbooks found light on contemporary antisemitism
The 2012 Toulouse school shooting and the 2015 Hyper Cacher supermarket massacre are not on the curriculum.
May 27, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Murex trunculus shells and coins depicting them from the Roman period. Credit: Courtesy of Ptil Tekhelet.
Feature
The search for the biblical blue dye is told in a new visitor’s center
For about 1,400 years following the Muslim conquest of the Land of Israel, the identity of the sea creature used to make the dye was lost to the world.
May 22, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
The Austrian Parliament building in Vienna. Credit: Jean Fonseca via Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Austria launching Israel parliamentary caucus
“In an era of rising antisemitism, it is vital to have strong and reliable allies by our side,” said Austrian Parliament member Andreas Minnich.
May 20, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Delta Air Lines
Israel News
Delta resumes flights to Israel
The Atlanta-based airline confirmed to JNS that it will restart daily nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Tel Aviv.
May 20, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
King Abdullah of Jordan
Israel News
Jordanian textbooks justify Hamas Oct. 7 massacre
A study by IMPACT-se found that textbooks “promote antisemitism, glorify violent jihad, and express strong hostility toward homosexuality.”
May 20, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
The “simultaneous triple independent runway operation,” in which three airplanes can land or take off at the same time on completely independent runways, has started at Istanbul Airport on April 17, 2024 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Photo by Sercan Ozkurnazli/dia images via Getty Images.
World News
Turkish citizen to be tried for visiting Israel
Umut Ataseven was arrested, fired from his job at Turkish Airlines and forbidden to travel abroad after posting the picture in a WhatsApp group during an April visit to Israel.
May 19, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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