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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 eight-page criminal complaint was filed by a Likud lawmaker and an Israeli NGO after newly released documents suggested that Jeffrey Epstein was involved in payment made to the former Israeli premier
More than one-third of the bulbs are now blooming in the Gaza border area.
Organizers defy requests from police and mayor to postpone the event.
S. Fitzgerald (“Fitz”) Haney’s life story—from religious Catholic to a practicing Jew who journeyed from the Volunteer State to Ra’anana via Puerto Rico and Mexico City, is anything but ordinary.
The news comes on the heels of similar moves by fellow Oceania nations, including Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
“I have always maintained that the affairs of Arab countries should be resolved by the Arab countries themselves,” said the country’s president, Ilham Aliyev.
About one-third of the “lone soldiers”—service members who do not have immediate family in Israel—are serving in combat units.
Israeli Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel predicts that Iranian protests will shortly lead to the downfall of the regime.
“In Nepal, nothing surprises me,” said Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz.