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Steve Linde

Steve Linde

Steve Linde, the JNS features editor, is a former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post and The Jerusalem Report and a former head of Kol Yisrael English News. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, he grew up in Durban, South Africa, and has degrees in sociology and journalism. He made aliyah in 1988, served in IDF Artillery and lives in Jerusalem.

Matan Adelson, owner of Hapoel “Midtown” Jerusalem Basketball Club, addresses the team’s season-opening event at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, Sept. 22, 2026. Credit: Media, Hapoel “Midtown” Jerusalem.
Feature
Hapoel Jerusalem opens new season with its sights set on Europe
“I want us playing the biggest games in the EuroCup at the end of the season and winning,” owner Matan Adelson said.
Sept. 23, 2026
Steve Linde
Yoni Finlay, a survivor of the 2025 Yom Kippur terrorist attack on Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, at the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp site in Poland, April 13, 2026. Credit: Blake Ezra Photography.
Feature
Heaton Park survivor: Manchester Jewish community ‘doesn’t feel any safer’
Yoni Finlay, who was shot while defending his synagogue on Yom Kippur, says heightened security continues to shape Jewish life a year after the deadly attack.
Sept. 18, 2026
Steve Linde
“The Whole World Sings Together,” a new international song and music video released by Friends of Zion ahead of the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre. Photo by Noam Ben Shalom.
World News
Global song to mark third anniversary of Oct. 7
Friends of Zion founder Mike Evans said the international music project, featuring voices representing 17 countries and cultures, was inspired by “We Are the World.”
Sept. 15, 2026
Steve Linde
Members of a delegation of South African queens and princesses during a visit to Israel, September 2026. Credit: Courtesy of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Feature
‘May God bless Israel,’ South African princess says at end of weeklong visit
Fundiswa Zote told JNS her 12-member royal delegation sought to build ties through Israeli innovation, technology and water solutions.
Sept. 4, 2026
Steve Linde
Professor Ada Yonath, who received the EMET Prize in Life Sciences on Nov. 5, 2006. Photo by Kobi Kalmanovitz/EMET Prize.
Feature
Ada Yonath, the Israeli chemist who dared to dream
The Nobel laureate transformed understanding of the ribosome, advanced the fight against antibiotic resistance and demonstrated the power of persistence.
Sept. 1, 2026
Steve Linde
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with Rabbi Doron Perez, father of slain IDF Capt. Daniel Perez, on Aug. 10, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of the South African Presidency.
World News
Father of IDF soldier slain on Oct. 7 thanks South Africa’s president for helping return his son’s remains
“Without the direct intervention of the president and the S.A. government, our son’s body would in all likelihood have come back months later, causing us additional pain and suffering,” said Rabbi Doron Perez.
Aug. 11, 2026
Steve Linde
Rabbi Leo Dee
Feature
In a new book, Rabbi Leo Dee makes the ‘business case’ for Israel
The British-born former venture capitalist tells JNS that the Jewish state is the world’s strongest long-term investment—economically, strategically and spiritually.
Aug. 7, 2026
Steve Linde
JNS TV
Inside the remarkable revival of the Mount of Olives
Aug. 4, 2026
Steve Linde
Jeff Daube, Israel chair of the International Committee for Har Hazeitim (the Mount of Olives), on the rooftop of the visitor center under construction at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, July 2026. Credit: Courtesy of Jeff Daube.
Feature
‘The Mount of Olives is the pantheon of Jewish leadership’
Jeff Daube tells JNS why the world’s oldest and most venerated Jewish cemetery is becoming a center for Jewish identity, education and heritage.
Aug. 3, 2026
Steve Linde
Harriet and Mark Levin at the grave of their son, Staff Sgt. Michael Levin, at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of his death, July 30, 2026. Photo by Liora Rubinstein.
Feature
Twenty years after Michael Levin fell in Lebanon, his legacy is still growing
At a memorial event, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Levin’s parents reflected on the Lone Soldier Center that has transformed the lives of thousands in the military from Israel and abroad.
Aug. 1, 2026
Steve Linde
Farley Weiss with his silver medal after finishing runner-up in the men’s tennis competition at the Maccabiah Games, July 2026. Courtesy.
Feature
‘When you’re defending, you’re already losing the fight’
In an interview with JNS, Farley Weiss, president of the Israel Justice Organization, says Jerusalem should take a more aggressive approach to combating anti-Israel narratives.
July 30, 2026
Steve Linde
Rabbi Doron Perez, president of the World Zionist Organization, during a JNS interview with Steve Linde on July 26, 2026.
JNS TV
Rabbi Doron Perez: ‘We’ve never lost hope’
July 28, 2026
Steve Linde