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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.

Libertarian Rasmus Paludan burns a translation of the Koran during a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. Jan. 21, 2023. Photo by Tobias Hellstren via Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
Swedish Jewish leader opposes ban on Bible burning
After Muslim backlash, Stockholm mulls passing a law to protect religious scriptures.
July 10, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The Moroccan team in Haifa, July 2023. Credit: JCC Association of North America.
Israel News
Moroccan teens join JCC Maccabi Games in Israel
The delegation feels right at home at largest Jewish youth sports event in the world.
July 9, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (center) and Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis (to Cohen's right) meet in Athens, July 6, 2023. Photo by Kitas Christos.
Israel News
Israel and Greece close in on major energy deal
“We will continue to advance the strategic relations with the Hellenic triangle,” said Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
July 6, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman in Jerusalem, July 3, 2023. Credit: Elad Zagman Ltd.
Israel News
Israel to send largest-ever team to UN climate forum in Dubai
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to head the 1,000-strong delegation to the UAE.
July 5, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The Tel Aviv Light Rail on a trial run, June 6, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Israel News
Tel Aviv light rail to be inaugurated this month
The Red Line will run from Bat Yam through the metropole to Petach Tikvah.
July 2, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
JCC Maccabi Games participants. Credit JCC Association of North America.
Israel News
Haifa to host world’s largest Jewish teen sports competition
The event seeks to strengthen the youths’ identity before they head to college.
June 29, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Scholars from around the world attend a conference in Jerusalem to further the legacy of the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, together with his wife, Lady Elaine Sacks (front row, center). Photo: Yonit Schiller.
Culture and Society
Scholars seek to promote universal legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Twenty-six educators from six countries gathered in Jerusalem for a four-day conference aimed at bringing the former British chief rabbi’s philosophy to the next generation.
June 28, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Ariel University in Samaria. Source: LinkedIn.
U.S. News
Ariel University decries ‘racist and BDS-like’ State Department
“There should be no political limitations on research,” says Ariel University senior vice president.
June 27, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Young Russian-speaking professionals take a break in Tel Aviv during their educational program. Credit: Masa Israel Journey.
Feature
A match made in Masa
Russians and Ukrainians mix and mingle during Masa Israel Journey Jewish educational program.
June 25, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Participants in the MirYam Institute's Israel Strategy and Policy program visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, June 2023. Credit: Photoagency.
Israel News
US, Canadian military cadets tour Israel
The two-week Israel Strategy and Policy program also saw them visit death camps in Poland.
June 22, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi addresses the Israel Hellenic Forum in Nicosia, Cyprus, June 20, 2023. Credit: Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs.
Israel News
‘Washington thinks Israel-Saudi normalization possible’
Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi speaks with JNS in Cyprus.
June 21, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The opening session of the Israel Hellenic Forum underway in Nicosia, June 19, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Cyprus-Greece-Israel ties are a ‘strategic partnership’
The relationship that exists among the three Mediterranean nations was “inconceivable” just 20 years ago, says Israel’s Ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik.
June 20, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
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