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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.

Students demonstrate outside the University of the Republica in Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 4, 2000. Photo by Miguel Rojo/AFP via Getty Images.
Culture and Society
Uruguay: Screening of Hamas propaganda film at university canceled after outcry
The film is scheduled to be shown at Cornell in October.
Aug. 14, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The damaged Chabad House in Colombia on August 11, 2026. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Chabad House in Colombia damaged in earthquake
“Thank God, we emerged unscathed from the earthquake, and that is the miracle for us,” said Chabad Rabbi Shmuel Friedman.
Aug. 13, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli President Isaac Herzog receives an honorary doctorate from Shuly Rubin Schwartz, chancellor emerita of the Jewish Theological Seminary, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Aug. 12, 2026. Photo by Ma'ayan Toaf.
Israel News
‘We are one,’ Israeli president tells Conservative movement
President Isaac Herzog was presented with an honorary degree by the Jewish Theological Seminary in Jerusalem.
Aug. 12, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The President of the Central American Parliament Karla Gutierrez addresses Latin American legislators in Argentina on June 29. Credit: Israel Allies Foundation.
World News
Central American Parliament establishes Israel alliance as push for observer status gathers steam
A decision to grant Israel observer status in the regional parliament, expected as early as next month, took a step forward with the establishment of an Israel Allies Caucus.
Aug. 11, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Feature
Young evangelicals visiting Israel: ‘We should not stay silent’
Christian students and young professionals say firsthand encounters with Israel challenged media narratives and strengthened their resolve to confront antisemitism.
Aug. 11, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Brothers Daniel (left) and Moshe Galinkin reunite in Poland in July 2026 after nearly a decade of separation. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
Two brothers separated by war in Ukraine reunite at summer camp in Poland
The siblings met for the first time in nearly a decade at a camp for Ukrainians organized by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
Aug. 9, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog attend the reburial of Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl's grandparent on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on August 5, 2026. Credit: World Zionist Organization
Israel News
Israel more united than it seems, Netanyahu says at ceremony reburying remains of Herzl’s grandparents in Israel
The bodies of Shimon and Rivka Herzl, which were exhumed last week from graves in Belgrade, Serbia, were buried next to their grandson on Mount Herzl 77 years to the day that the Zionist visionary and his parents were reburied there.
Aug. 5, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
EL AL Airlines
Israel News
El Al doubles second-quarter net profit
Israel’s flag carrier reported a quarterly net profit of $132 million, up from $66 million a year earlier, amid ongoing regional tensions following the war with Iran.
Aug. 5, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The “David’s Wanderings Path” on the edge of the Judean Desert in the Mount Hebron region, August 2026. Credit: Courtesy of Mount Hebron Regional Council.
Feature
Where David met Abigail, a Judean Desert-area trail is reviving Biblical romance
The new nature trail follows the setting of the royal courtship, drawing visitors, marriage proposals and hopes for renewed faith-based tourism.
Aug. 5, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The new visitor's center inaugurated on July 30, 2026 in Har Barcha or the Mount of Blessings. Credit: The Israel Guys
Israel News
Christian Zionists open visitor center in Samaria
The Israel Guys Visitors Center on the Mount of Blessing was inaugurated by an evangelical group known for bringing in thousands of volunteer farmers to work the biblical heartland.
Aug. 3, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
An American Airlines plane. Photo by Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
American Airlines pushes back Israel flights until spring
The Dallas-based carrier said it was extending its suspension of service to both Israel and Qatar through March 28, 2027.
Aug. 2, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The Chai School in Brazil. Credit: Courtesy, July 31, 2026.
World News
Parents buy out Brazilian Jewish school to keep it open
The unusual move by a group of entrepreneurs has led to a sudden increase in enrollment in the Rio de Janeiro school.
Aug. 2, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits