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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.

Israeli Foreign MInister Eli Cohen (left) and his Uruguayan counterpart Francisco Bustillo meet in Montevideo, Aug. 16, 2023. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Israel News
Uruguay to open diplomatic office in Jerusalem
The new office will work to promote cooperation in the field of innovation, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Aug. 17, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (left) with Paraguay President Santiago Peña. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Israel News
Paraguay to return embassy to Jerusalem
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is to attend the official reopening ceremony in Jerusalem, scheduled to take place by the end of the year.
Aug. 16, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen during an interview at the ministry in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Israel News
Israeli FM heads to Paraguay for presidential inauguration
The Latin American country is set to move its embassy to Jerusalem.
Aug. 14, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Paula Tischkowski, who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1942. Her misplaced photo was found among over half a million pictures in the Yad Vashem archives using the new AI technology. Credit: Courtesy of Yad Vashem.
Antisemitism
Yad Vashem using AI technology to restore Shoah memory
“A human being could not go over all the material which houses a treasure-trove of material for the world in terms of Holocaust education.”
Aug. 13, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
President Isaac Herzog visits the Stella Maris Monastery in Haifa, Aug. 9, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
Israeli president decries hate crimes against Christians
“We must respect the members of all religions,” said Herzog during a visit to the Stella Maris Monastery in Haifa.
Aug. 9, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
From left: Sen. Gustavo Leite, chairman of the Paraguayan Israel Allies Caucus; Vice President-elect Pedro Alliana; President of the Senate Silvio Ovelar; President-elect Santiago Peña; and Leopoldo Martinez, IAF Latin America director. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Paraguay poised to return embassy to Jerusalem
An official announcement is expected after the president-elect is sworn in next week.
Aug. 8, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Baku at night. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
As it rebuilds Karabakh, Azerbaijan eyes Israeli investment
Bilateral trade is up 85% over 2021, according to Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry, and more than 90 Israeli firms are currently operating in the country.
Aug. 7, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The new Allenby underground station of the light rail Red Line in Tel Aviv, June 23, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
U.S. News
Tel Aviv light rail to start running by mid-August
The line includes 33 stations; half the route goes through an underground tunnel.
Aug. 4, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
A depiction of the Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Baku, Azerbaijan. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Azerbaijan
The land upon which the center is to be constructed was gifted to the Jewish community by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, who is also covering all building costs.
Aug. 3, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The port of Baku, Azerbaijan, on the Caspian Sea. Credit: Shankar S. from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Hundreds of rabbis to join conference in Azerbaijan as Jewish ties flourish
Historically, Azerbaijan is home to three distinct Jewish communities with the country devoid of antisemitism.
Aug. 1, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
An Azerbaijani Jewish dance group at the Khari Bulbul Music Festival in Shusha, May 12, 2021. Credit: President.az via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Israel and Azerbaijan are ‘strategic partners,’ Baku says
“We will remain allies and friends,” added presidential representative Elchin Amirbayov.
July 31, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveils plans for the high-speed train, July 30, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
Israel News
Israel announces $27b high-speed rail project
The line, which is to run from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, could in the future link Israel to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
July 30, 2023
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