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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.

Kibbutz Nirim
Feature
Residents of Gaza border kibbutz waiting to come home
“There are days I asked myself how will I sleep here, but if we cave to these fears then they have won,” says Kibbutz Nirim survivor Michelle Mari.
Nov. 28, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
American cowboys volunteer in Israel, Nov. 23, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
American cowboys work the Israeli heartland
“I felt that it was my own people that this was happening to,” says Samuel Wearp from Texas.
Nov. 24, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The Israel Allies Foundation policy conference in Prague, June 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Czech MPs in global push to move embassies to Jerusalem
We want to express our will to stand on the right side of this legal battle and to overturn the false legal arguments,” said Czech MP Miloslav Janulík.
Nov. 23, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Save a Child's Heart
Antisemitism
Sylvan Adams: ‘Useful idiots’ in West buttress always present Jew-hatred
The Canadian-Israeli philanthropist also blasted Trudeau and Obama for “playing both sides” in a conflict of “good vs. evil.”
Nov. 22, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Personal belongings from Nova music festival after Oct. 7
Feature
Personal belongings tell story of music festival massacre
“We realized that every item that was left behind, even the smallest thing, has huge significance for the survivors as well as for family members.”
Nov. 21, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Twins Liel (left) and Yanai Hetzroni were burned alive by Hamas terrorists at Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Remains found of 12-year-old girl burned alive by Hamas
Archaeologists identified Liel Hetzroni’s remains.
Nov. 19, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Friends of Liel and Yanai Hetzroni attend their funeral at Kibbutz Revivim, Nov. 15, 2023. Photo by Rina Castelnuovo.
Israel News
Farewell to Liel, 12-year-old victim of Hamas
Despite the lack of an official identification for Liel, the family chose to hold a farewell ceremony for her.
Nov. 17, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Pictures of civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Jerusalem, Nov. 14, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Israel News
Hostages’ families to be hosted by Congress on Capitol Hill
The event is being organized by the bipartisan Congressional Israel Allies Caucus.
Nov. 14, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israel Tolchinsky
Israel News
The indomitable spirit of volunteerism in wartime
From English teacher to volunteer chef for soldiers, a young American discovers a new Israel.
Nov. 14, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Terrorists from the Gaza Strip kidnap the Bibas family at Kibbutz Nir Oz, Oct. 7, 2023. Source: Screenshot.
Israel News
The youngest hostage
At 9 months, Kfir is the youngest of the roughly 240 hostages, including 32 children, held by Hamas.
Nov. 13, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
An Israeli soldier surveys the aftermath of Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Oct. 30, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Israel News
Archaeologists sift through Hamas carnage for human remains
The small desert kibbutz of Nir Oz, within sight of the Gaza border, was among the hardest hit on Oct. 7 assault: One in every four residents was either killed or kidnapped.
Nov. 12, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Avihai Brodutch waits for his wife and three kids held by Hamas in Gaza. Photo by Rina Castelnuovo.
Feature
‘My family is in Gaza’
Avihai Brodutch’s wife Hagar and three young children, Ofri, Yuval and Uriah were taken by Hamas terrorists from their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, and he has had no word from them since.
Nov. 9, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
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