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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.

Swords of Iron
Israel News
‘Falafel King’ donates 25,000 portions to Israeli soldiers
“By being united and by offering selfless love we will win,” Be’er Ya’akov restaurateur Shimon Biton says.
Feb. 9, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Bibas family
Israel News
Argentina’s president calls Hamas ‘21st-century Nazism’
“It was the indifference of the free world that made the Holocaust possible,” Javier Milei said.
Feb. 8, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus addresses Dutch lawmakers in the Dutch Parliament, Feb. 7, 2024. Credit: Christian Allies Caucus.
Israel News
Dutch lawmakers urged to make UNRWA funding freeze permanent
“Countries around the world are finally beginning to understand how this U.N. organization has long served as a right arm to terror,” said Knesset Christian Allies Caucus co-chair MK Sharren Haskel.
Feb. 8, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Asaf Peleg
Feature
Ex-commando turned Chassid bridges secular-religious divide
Asaf Peleg, a former secular IDF commando, established the rapid response team in the southern city of Kiryat Malachi.
Feb. 7, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Javier Milei
Israel News
Argentina’s president in Israel on wartime solidarity visit
Javier Milei has appointed his rabbi, Axel Wahnish, who is accompanying him on the visit, as Argentina’s next ambassador to Israel.
Feb. 6, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Liberia
Israel News
Liberian lawmakers push to reopen embassy in Jerusalem
The United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo and Papua New Guinea have their legations in Israel’s capital.
Feb. 6, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli artist Shai Azoulay next to one of his works from the "Bigger Than Me" exhibition. Credit: Yad Vashem.
Antisemitism
Yad Vashem opens art exhibition in shadow of Oct. 7 massacre
“Bigger Than Me” features oil paintings and sketches by artist Shai Azoulay.
Jan. 25, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Christian Knesset story
Israel News
Christian rally at Knesset in solidarity with Israel
“This is a commemoration of faith-based diplomacy—today everybody understands the importance of Christian support for Israel.”
Jan. 24, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Netanel Sharvit and comrades from the IDF Paratroopers Reconnaissance Battalion take a break in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 6, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
US immigrant, native Israeli fight in Gaza thinking of a fallen comrade
“When you come home and hear the politicians who are disconnected from the people, I only hope that everything that we did will not be in vain.”
Jan. 22, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Sajid Yousuf Shah, head of media for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in Kashmir, visits Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Jan. 16, 2024. Credit: Sharaka.
Israel News
Indian journalists, including Muslims from Kashmir, tour Israel
“It was important to bring this group to see the truth firsthand so that they bring this story to millions of their readers and followers.”
Jan. 19, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
An Eritrean volunteer helps feed hungry Israel Defense Forces near the Gaza Strip, Jan. 16, 2024. Photo by Rina Castelnuovo.
Israel News
Eritrean migrants hold barbecue dinner for Israeli soldiers near Gaza border
“We came to support the people of Israel during their difficult hour and to be at your side,” said volunteer chef Michael Russoi.
Jan. 17, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Daniel Manticof with his Nahal Brigade unit in the Gaza Strip, November 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
From New Jersey to the IDF via Buenos Aires
“I chose the hard path,” Daniel Manticof said.
Jan. 15, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
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