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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.

Mike Evans, manager of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, on May 16, 2017. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Israel News
Gaza hostage deal ‘100%' due to Trump, evangelical leader says
The Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem will host an event for the U.S. presidential inauguration.
Jan. 16, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Majed el-Shafie
Feature
Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity makes Oct. 7 documentary
“You have to fight the ideology and change people’s minds and hearts.”
Jan. 16, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A solar power plant in southern Israel, Nov. 16, 2017. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel to share agritech know-how with HBCUs in America
The project will bring blue-and-white solar power innovations to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and African-American farmers.
Jan. 13, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Ghanaian President John Mahama hosts Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel in Accra, Jan. 8, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Israeli deputy FM in Ghana as ties grow stronger
Agriculture, solar power targets for increased cooperation.
Jan. 9, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Flag of Mexico
Feature
From a Catholic Mexican actress on Spanish TV to a Jewish educator in Israel
Services, liturgy and Shabbat spoke to Hannah Abitbul, now an observant Jew living with her husband and young son.
Jan. 9, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Jewish Family in Damascus, Syria
Israel News
Rabbi of Syrian Jewish community in Israel writes to Ahmed al-Sharaa
Binyamin Hamra asks Syria’s de facto leader to preserve the country’s Jewish heritage sites.
Jan. 7, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
An El Al plane at Ben-Gurion Airport, Aug. 5, 2013. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.
Israel News
El Al gives away free miles to 80,000 IDF reservists
The offer came amid a national public outcry and an ongoing investigation into allegations of price gouging.
Jan. 6, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Home Front Command, Bereaved Families
Israel News
Bereaved families attend Chanukah lighting at IDF base attacked on Oct. 7
Eight soldiers serving at Urim died in the terrorist onslaught.
Jan. 2, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A panoramic view of the snow-covered Mount Hermon and the surrounding orchards and vineyards near Kibbutz El Rom in Israel's Golan Heights, on Jan. 20, 2022. Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images.
Israel News
Mount Hermon blanketed in nearly two feet of snow
The winter storm also brought much-needed rain to the coastal areas and even a brief hailstorm to Tel Aviv.
Dec. 31, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Ghetto Fighters' House
Feature
A reopened Holocaust museum near Lebanon is a symbol of resilience
The Ghetto Fighters’ House is experiencing a rebirth after a year of rocket attacks from Lebanon.
Dec. 26, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Members of Brazilian Parliament
Israel News
Brazilian Parliament moves to deepen its alliance with Israel
It comes as ties between the two countries plummeted to historic lows this year after the Brazilian president compared Israel’s war against Hamas to the Holocaust.
Dec. 25, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Chanukah Menorah Out of Rockets
Israel News
Israel Police sappers make Chanukah menorah from Hezbollah rockets
The “Lighting up the North” project, which will see the menorah lit up across northern Israel over the holiday, “shows our strength and power as a nation for good,” said Israel Police bomb-disposal specialist Yossi Hod.
Dec. 24, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
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