More
EN
Newsletter
More
Newsletter
EN
Support JNS
Etgar Lefkovits. Credit: Courtesy.

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.

FDA Life Sciences Laboratory I at the FDA campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, Aug. 30, 2004. Credit: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Israel News
Proposal to set up ‘Abraham Accords’ FDA office moves ahead
The bipartisan bill amended a direct reference to Israel to “Abraham Accord region” amid ongoing vacillation by the Israeli Health Ministry regarding the initiative.
June 18, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Rev. Peter Fast, CEO-elect of Bridges for Peace, and his predecessor, Rev. Rebecca Brimmer, in Jerusalem, June 13, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of Bridges for Peace.
Antisemitism
Evangelical leader decries mainstream church efforts to malign Israel
“The big churches are using a very loud voice to malign, fabricate and twist the story,” says Rev. Peter Fast.
June 15, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The Israel leg of the fiber-optic cable is to follow the route of the Eilat-Ashkelon oil pipeline (pictured). Credit: EAPC.
World News
UAE expected to join Israel in global communications project
A fiber-optic cable is to connect Asia to the West via the Jewish state.
June 14, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Antisemitism envoys are honored at the American Jewish Committee's Global Forum in Tel Aviv, June 2023. Courtesy of the American Jewish Committee.
Antisemitism
500 neo-Nazi cells uncovered in Brazil last year
Jew-hatred is getting stronger across the Americas.
June 13, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides meet in Jerusalem, May 11, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
Israel-Hellenic Forum to convene in Cyprus
The democracies of the Eastern Mediterranean seek to advance their partnership.
June 11, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (left) and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita meet in Rabat, June 8, 2023. Source: X.
Israel News
Knesset speaker backs Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara
Amir Ohana is in Rabat at the invitation of his local counterpart.
June 8, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Knesset Christian Allies Caucus co-chair Sharren Haskel addresses European lawmakers at the Czech Parliament in Prague, on June 6, 2023. Credit: Daniel Petrina.
Israel News
European lawmakers: EU labeling policy is antisemitic
The directive states that any goods made in areas that Israel won in the 1967 Six-Day War cannot be labeled as “made in Israel.”
June 7, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Spiritual leaders gather in Jerusalem, June 6, 2023. Photo by Alexander Khanin.
World News
Religious leaders urge interfaith dialogue in Jerusalem
Kazakhstan leads conference promoting interreligious dialogue in the Holy Land.
June 6, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Aviad Sido climbing Mount Everest, May 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
‘From the deepest hole to the highest mountain’
Aviad Sido, 26, became the youngest Israeli to ascend Mount Everest, completing a grief-filled personal journey.
June 6, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Ambassador to Bahrain Eitan Na'eh (left) and Bahrain's Minister of Industry and Commerce Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro at a gala event in Manama marking Israel's 75th anniversary, on May 31, 2023. Credit: Israeli Embassy in Bahrain.
Israel News
Israel and Bahrain set to reach free-trade pact
Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz and Economy Minister Nir Barkat are expected to visit the Gulf nation soon.
June 5, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (front center) and Canadian parliamentarians at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, May 31, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Antisemitism
‘Willful ignorance the most powerful weapon against Israel’
“We are not foreigners in our home,” Israel’s diaspora affairs minister tells pro-Israel Canadian parliamentarians in Ottawa.
June 1, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Azerbaijan and Israel
Israel News
Israel’s president in Baku to further strategic partnership
Herzog calls his visit to Azerbaijan “a dream come true.”
May 30, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Load More