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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.

A traveler at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Jan. 4, 2022. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel imposes further airport restrictions following weekend missile attacks

“This is an inconvenience, but our commitment to human life is our top priority,” Transportation Minister Miri Regev explained in a statement.

Mar. 23, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Iranian security official Mohsen Fathi Zadeh, who received a call from the Mossad. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Mossad is calling senior Iranian commanders and pressuring them to stand aside
Mar. 22, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Francesca Albanese
World News
Serbia blasts Albanese for ‘unacceptable interference’ after her latest criticism of Israel
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The Nahal Ein Gev II site, 1.25 miles east of the Sea of Galilee. Naftali Hilger/The Institute of Archaeology/The Hebrew University.
Culture and Society
12,000-year-old spinning machine uncovered in northern Israel
A rare glimpse into the Natufian culture and the transition from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one.
Nov. 14, 2024
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosts Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on Dec. 22, 2023. Credit: Gov.pl via Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
Polish FM walks out of interview after question on his wife’s Jewish ancestry
“Making the origin of a candidate’s wife an issue in the presidential election is unacceptable,” Radosław Sikorski later tweeted.
Nov. 13, 2024
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A Mediterranean Monk seal, a species considered critically endangered, lies on the seashore in Tel Aviv, on May 13, 2023, in a first on an Israeli beach according to the country's Nature and Parks Authority. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Amid war, rare seal returns to northern Israel
The animal, named Maya, was spotted near Rosh Hanikra and first visited Israel in 2010. Mediterranean monk seals are considered a critically endangered species.
Nov. 12, 2024
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Pinchas Weiss, the founder and director of Jerusalem-based NGO Mivtach. Credit: Courtesy.
Features
Ultra-Orthodox social workers treat wartime trauma
“My mission is to ensure that there will be no second generation of pain from Oct. 7,” says Pinchas Weiss, the founding director of what was originally an NGO catering to the ultra-Orthodox.
Nov. 11, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Drilling platform “Iran Khazar” in use on a production platform in the Cheleken of Dragon Oil Field. Credit: www.dragonoil.com/Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Trump supports Israeli attack on Iran oil fields, says US evangelical leader
But he wants it to happen before he takes office, says evangelical leader Mike Evans, the founder of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem.
Nov. 8, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
An Israir plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 8, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Israel News
Israir to operate direct flights to NY, ending El Al wartime monopoly
Nov. 8, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Jewish businessman Eitan Neishlos (second from left) and Emirati strategist Amjad Tahad (second from right) meet with Australian Israel Parliamentary Group Senators Debra O'Neill and David Fawcett in Canberra, Australia, Nov. 5, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
A Muslim and a Jew from Dubai spread message of coexistence in Australia
Jewish entrepreneur Eitan Neishlos and Arab strategist Amjad Taha speak out against antisemitism during a joint trip “Down Under.”
Nov. 5, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Kemi Badenoch gives a speech after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest on Nov. 2, 2024 in London, England. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.
Israel News
UK Conservative Party elects pro-Israel leader
Israeli leaders welcomed Kemi Badenoch’s victory, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stating, “I am sure she will continue the great tradition of Israeli-British partnership and friendship.”
Nov. 4, 2024
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