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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.

Ukrainian Jews in Moldova en route to Israel listen to Rabbi Yitzchak Halfon. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
The emissaries to Kharkiv turned rescue operators for Ukrainian Jews
Yitzchak and Hodaya Halfon helped thousands of refugees escape the war with Russia.
March 14, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Panama’s Ambassador to Israel Ezra Cohen and his grandson Moshe Guindi in Jerusalem's Old City, March 5, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Ezra Cohen.
Feature
Panama’s ambassador to Israel closes a family circle
Ezra Cohen’s remarkable family history in Israel dates back to the British Mandate era.
March 13, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Spanish Film, Oct. 7
Israel News
Spanish documentary on Oct. 7 massacre premieres for global audience
“Latino survivors of the Hamas massacre tell their story for those who no longer can,” says producer Leah Soibel.
March 11, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
From left, JNS CEO Alex Traiman, Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi and Aish's Rabbi Daniel Rowe at the Bridges of Light interfaith dialogue encounter at Aish in Jerusalem, March 5, 2025. Photo by Jacob Zaldin/Aish.
World News
Jewish educational center hosts multi-faith dialogue in Jerusalem
Muslim, Christian and Jewish community leaders gather to talk at Aish in the Old City.
March 9, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser speaks at The October Effect conference in Jerusalem on Sept. 9, 2024. Photo by Daniel Stravo/IDSF.
Israel News
Showdown with Hamas expected within weeks, ex-IDF general tell JNS
Israel can destroy Hamas and its 20,000 remaining fighters, says Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser.
March 6, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Evangelical Christian Leaders Visiting Israel 2025
Israel News
Evangelical leaders visiting Israel back annexation of Judea and Samaria
The faith leaders came for the Israel launch of the Conference of Christian Presidents, a new umbrella group representing tens of millions of pro-Israel Americans.
March 4, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Argentine President Javier Milei arrives to speak during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 22, 2025. Photo by Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Argentine President Milei to visit Israel this month
The planned trip follows an invitation to address the Israeli parliament extended to President Javier Milei last month by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohama.
March 3, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
MP Himanshu Gulati, chairman of the Norwegian Israel Allies Caucus, on his way to visit the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Norwegian conservatives and pro-Israel activists seek to reset ‘broken’ ties
Relations between the two nations have plummeted to historic lows, with Oslo becoming one of the Palestinians’ staunchest supporters in Europe.
Feb. 28, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Scientists from Spain, Italy, Greece, Israel, Tunisia and Morocco, including KKL-JNF Chief Scientist Doron Markel (second row, right) at the conference in Rabat on Feb. 12, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Israeli scientist attends Moroccan environmental conference
“You start talking [with Arabs] professionally and the barriers fall down,” says Dr. Doron Markel.
Feb. 25, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Adi Jegna
Israel News
Israeli commuter who averted bus bombing: ‘I was a messenger of God’
“When I saw the pictures of my destroyed bus, I realized the extent of the disaster that was averted,” Adi Jegna told JNS.
Feb. 24, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman in Judea and Samaria during the filming of the 2023 documentary film "Route 60: Israel’s Biblical Highway." Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
US Christians reaffirm Israel’s right to biblical heartland ahead of Trump annexation decision
The declaration will be made public at the annual National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Dallas.
Feb. 21, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev meet in Munich, Feb. 17, 2024. Source: Isaac Herzog/X.
Israel News
Azerbaijan and Israel discuss bilateral ties and regional developments
The top-level meeting comes amid burgeoning ties between the Jewish state and the predominantly Shi’ite Muslim country.
Feb. 20, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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