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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.

The president of the National Congress of Honduras, Tomás Zambrano, and the Latin America director of the Israel Allies Foundation, Leopoldo Martinez, on March 23, 2026. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Honduran congressional leader lauds war against Iran as a global game-changer
José Tomás Zambrano says U.S.–Israel campaign could weaken Tehran’s terror reach in Central and South America.
Mar. 24, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The dispatch room at the Magen David Adom national operations center in Ramla fields both routine emergency calls as well as reports of injuries from Iranian missile attacks, March 18, 2026. Credit: MDA.
Feature
Missiles and medical emergencies all in a day’s work
Mar. 24, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
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
Mar. 23, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Indiana farmer Larry Borntrager tends to the red heifers in Shiloh, Samaria, on May 18, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
An Indiana farmer’s journey to caring for red heifers brought to Israel from Texas
“It seems like the whole world is talking about the red heifers except in Israel,” said Moriyah Shapira, a spokeswoman for Ancient Shiloh.
May. 20, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Masa Israel Journey Ceremony
Israel News
‘We are one’: Israelis, world Jewry unite at Memorial Day ceremony
Huge banners with “we are one” hung from the stage of the ceremony held in the backdrop of the seven-month-old war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and an uptick in antisemitism worldwide.
May. 13, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Shlomi Chetrit
Israel News
Israeli police academy displays armored vehicles destroyed on Oct. 7
“It brings me right back to the hours of that horrible day,” an Israeli police commander told JNS.
May. 13, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
South Africa-based Nazareth Baptist Church
World News
South African Church pledges solidarity with Israel
“What was done by our government does not represent the people of South Africa,” says church leader Shembe.
May. 13, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem Exhibit
Feature
‘From Darkness to Light’: Jerusalem exhibition tells story of women who survived Oct. 7
“We can never feel the pain of those families who lost loved ones, but the Jewish people are coming together as never before in strength as a family,” Denver-based philanthropist Larry Mizel, told JNS.
May. 9, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
At the British Parliament in London are, from left, U.K. Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues Lord Pickels, Israel Allies Foundation President Josh Reinstein, adviser to the U.K. Board of Trade Lord Hannan, MK Sharren Haskel, Lord Polak and Israel Allies Foundation Europe Director Leo van Doesburg, May 7, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Christian Allies Caucus offers UK legislators replacements for UNRWA
London will decide in two weeks whether it will resume funding to the terror-linked U.N. agency.
May. 8, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
A cordless phone with a charging station that connects to a landline. Credit: 2ban/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Israelis rush to order phone landlines due to tensions with Iran
Customer orders for the setup are up 168% nationwide, 364% in Haifa.
Apr. 19, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
UNRWA, Oct. 7
Israel News
‘Norwegian think tank conducting UN probe of UNRWA is anti-Israel’
Chr. Michelsen Institute staff justify the Oct. 7 attack and have ties with Hamas operatives.
Apr. 18, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
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