Articles written by Etgar Lefkovits

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Rare Roman weapons uncovered

(JNS) - A cache of weapons believed to have been hidden by Jews during their revolt against the Romans nearly two millennia ago has been uncovered in the Judean Desert, the Israel Antiquities...

 

Normalization with Israel a clear Saudi interest

(JNS) - A peace deal with Israel is a clear Saudi interest and will likely lead to further accords with additional Muslim countries, the acting American ambassador to Israel said Thursday. The...

 

Yad Vashem cutting ties with US fundraising partner

(JNS) — In a dramatic turn of events, Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said on Wednesday that it is terminating its longstanding relationship with its U.S. fundraising arm, amid an intra-organizational financial dispute which...

 
 By Etgar Lefkovits    News    June 23, 2023

Evangelical leader decries mainstream church efforts to malign Israel

(JNS) - A concerted effort is underway by some mainstream churches to convince evangelical Christians to be less supportive of Israel, the incoming head of an evangelical organization headquartered...

 
 By Etgar Lefkovits    News    April 28, 2023

Distorted views of Holocaust on rise

(JNS) - Holocaust distortion and trivialization and banalization are on the rise around the globe, even as outright denial is relegated to the fringes of society, the head of Yad Vashem said. The rema...

 

Holocaust objects on display at German parliament

(JNS) - An exhibition of Holocaust-era items from the collections of Yad Vashem whose stories are intertwined with Jews from Germany will open in the Bundestag next week, ahead of International...

 

Jerusalem's Pool of Siloam to be excavated, opened to the public

(JNS) - An ancient Jerusalem pool that was used by millions of Jewish pilgrims during the time of the Second Temple two millennia ago as a ritual bath before ascending the Temple Mount, and revered...

 

'Christian Birthright' brings US students to Israel

(JNS) - It is being dubbed the "Christian Birthright." The group of 120 American college students had just crisscrossed Israel on a nine-day journey, visited the requisite sites including a Friday...

 

Christian Media Summit brings Israel allies to Jerusalem

(JNS) — The group stood in prayer for the State of Israel. An American evangelical bishop took the stage to lead in the singing of Israel’s national anthem at the culmination of a gala opening evening at a Jerusalem banquet hall. It certainly...

 

21st-century Zionism on the shores of the Sea of Galilee

(JNS) — The Start-Up Nation is returning to its agricultural roots. The country once famed for Jaffa oranges and Jordan Valley dates, and later cherry tomatoes, is coming full circle, with century-old agricultural know-how meeting 21st-century...

 

US lawmakers urge world leaders to terminate anti-Israel UN bodies

(JNS) — In a renewed push of faith-based diplomacy, three heads of the U.S. Congressional Israel Allies Caucus have written to the leaders of more than two dozen countries urging them to vote to shutter two anti-Israel U.N. institutions in a vote...

 

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