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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.

The VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sept. 14, 2022. Source: Twitter.
News
Kazakhstan to host interfaith conference in Jerusalem
The chairman of the Central Asian country’s senate will deliver the keynote speech.
May 30, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Haifa Port, July 31, 2022. Photo by Shir Torem/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel-Gulf train awaits Saudi normalization
The project would link Haifa to the Saudi Gulf port of Damman, the UAE and Bahrain.
May 29, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Eitan Neishlos holds his grandmother’s shoebox at Auschwitz-Birkenau during the 2022 March of the Living. Photo by Tali Natapov/Neishlos Foundation.
Antisemitism
Shoebox tale of Shoah survival alters entrepreneur’s life
The grandson of a survivor quit Australia to spearhead Holocaust education in the UAE and beyond.
May 23, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Education Minister Yoav Kisch (rear right) meets with the visiting business leaders in Jerusalem, May 18, 2023. Courtesy of the Lincoln Club of Orange County/Bar Shvo.
U.S. News
California entrepreneurs eye Israeli high-tech
Orange County businessmen plan investment in Start-Up Nation and the region.
May 23, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Muslims on Hajj circle the Kabaa at the Great Mosque of Mecca. Credit: Pixabay.
Culture and Society
Direct flights from Israel to Saudi Arabia likely next month
“Normalization with Riyadh could happen within six months.”
May 22, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Swedish MP Richard Jomshof (left) and MEP Charlie Weimers visit the Knesset, May 2023. Courtesy.
World News
Conservative Swedish party with extremist past seeks Israel friendship
Visiting delegation, boycotted by the Foreign Ministry, visits Yad Vashem, meets with MKs.
May 21, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel addresses the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus in Washington, May 17, 2023. Courtesy.
U.S. News
Israel’s intelligence minister: More Arab states want to make peace
“The dynamics are changing and regional peace is tangible,” Gila Gamliel tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
May 17, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration drug manufacturer inspection, 2011. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
U.S. News
Proposal to open FDA offices in Israel and UAE heads to Congress
Israeli Health Ministry approval is still pending.
May 17, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Israel Mukhtar Mammadov (left) presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on March 26, 2023. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
Israel News
Azerbaijan embassy in Israel a ‘catalyst’ to ever-growing ties
An interview with Baku’s first-ever ambassador to the Jewish state, Mukhtar Mammadov.
May 15, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The curse tablet found on Mount Ebal. Photo by Jaroslav Valach.
Israel News
Scholars expound on Mount Ebal curse tablet with oldest Hebrew text
The 3,200-year-old find could prove Israelites were literate when they entered the land.
May 12, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
From left: Guatemalan Deputy Anibal Samayoa; IAF Latin America director Leopoldo Martínez; Ambassador of Israel in Guatemala Yiftah Curiel; Israel Allies Caucus president in Guatemala Deputy Fidel Reyes Lee; executive director of the Jewish Community of Guatemala Ilan Lopez; and deputy Jorge Castro. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Guatemalan foreign minister pledges country will be Israel’s best Latin American ally
Pro-Israel activist receives honorary doctorate in recognition of his work in faith-based diplomacy.
May 11, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The ancient village of Sebastia, near Nablus in Samaria, on April 22, 2019. Photo by Hillel Maeir/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel to turn biblical Sebastia into archaeological park
The capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel will be preserved and prepared for visitors.
May 9, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
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