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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.

Rabbis Shalom Ber Stambler (left) and Mayer Stambler run the Chabad House in Warsaw. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
Three Chabad emissary siblings join forces to help Ukrainian refugees
The Stambler brothers took up their posts in Warsaw and Kamianske, Ukraine, more than 15 years ago.
April 3, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
From left: ECPM president Valeriu Ghileţchi, IAF Europe director Leo van Doesburg, MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen, MEP Niclas Herbst, CAM European Affairs director Oriana Marie Krueger and president of the Israel Allies Foundation Josh Reinstein at the antisemitism conference in Brussels on March 30, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Lawmakers at European Parliament speak out against antisemitism
European Parliament member Niclas Herbst of Germany said the rising scourge is “a threat not just for the Jewish people, but a poison for our society, our values and our democracy.”
March 30, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Obed Hrangchal stands in the champion's spot at the national tournament in Kfar Yasif, the Western Galilee, March 17, 2023. Courtesy.
Feature
From rural India to Israeli kickboxing champion
The Bnei Menashe immigrant hopes to represent the blue and white at the world championships in Portugal.
March 29, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Polish embassy chargé d’affaires Agata Czaplińska (left) and Kosovo Ambassador Ines Demiri meet in Tel Aviv, Nov. 25, 2022. Credit: Ines Demiri/Twitter.
Israel News
‘The war in Ukraine helped resolve Israel-Poland diplomatic crisis’
“The circumstances on our eastern border ... contributed to the improvement in our relations,” Warsaw’s chargé d’affaires in Tel Aviv Agata Czaplińska tells JNS.
March 27, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Children in Gaza participate in Hamas-instigated riots on the Israeli border, Aug. 24, 2021. Source: Twitter.
Israel News
Iraqi Islamic council sets out case for fatwa against Hamas
The clerics lodge 15 charges against the terror group, including “use of child soldiers,” “theft of international aid” and “corruption of the Palestinian education system.”
March 23, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (left) meets with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in Warsaw, March 22, 2023. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry via Twitter.
Israel News
Israel and Poland end diplomatic crisis
The agreement, signed during Israeli Foreign Minister’s visit to Poland, will see Warsaw restore its ambassador to Israel, and the resumption of Israeli youth visits to Poland.
March 23, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Photo by Laslo Varga via Wikimedia Commons.
U.S. News
US embassy in Israel again allowing emergency passport appointments for children
Congressional pressure led to a reversal of the recent policy change.
March 21, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
From left: At the March of the Living Thessaloniki are Holocaust survivor Esther Yaron, European Commission vice president Margaritis Schinas, president of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Israeli Ambassador Noam Katz and European March of the Living director Michel Gourary, March 19, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
March in Thessaloniki commemorates deportation of Greek Jewry
Some 80,000 Jews lived in Greece before World War II. Only 10,000 survived the German occupation.
March 19, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
U.S. News
US embassy emergency passport appointments now only for documented citizens
The policy change strands Americans with young children who planned to visit the old country for Passover.
March 16, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces at the Huwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, May 14, 2021. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Israel News
Fundraising campaign for Huwara residents raises questions regarding terror support
Nearly $500,000 was raised for residents of the town whose property was damaged by Jewish rioters on Feb. 26.
March 16, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The road whose construction damaged the site of the biblical city of Sebastia/Shomron. Credit: Shomrim Al Hanetzach.
Israel News
Palestinians throw animal carcasses into graves at biblical site
The destruction near the ancient town of Sebastia highlights the need for the preservation, upkeep and safeguarding of Israeli archaeological sites in Palestinian-controlled areas.
March 15, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The Codex Sassoon (late ninth to early 10th century). Credit: Courtesy of Sotheby's.
Culture and Society
Oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible to be displayed at Tel Aviv museum
Thousand-year-old Codex Sassoon manuscript is expected to fetch up to $50 million at Sotheby’s.
March 12, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
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