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Steve Linde, the JNS features editor, is a former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Report and The Jerusalem Post and a former director at Kol Yisrael, Israel Radio’s English News. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, he grew up in Durban, South Africa and has graduate degrees in sociology and journalism, the latter from the University of California at Berkeley. He made aliyah in 1988, served in the IDF Artillery Corps and lives in Jerusalem.

The prolific singer, composer and arranger helped shape Israel’s musical landscape for almost six decades.
“This will be a democratic and equitable commission,” the Israeli prime minister said in a statement, adding that he would be the first to testify.
Rabbi Shalom and Lynne Myers tell JNS about their extensive support for men and women, not all of whom are observant, serving in the IDF.
WATCH: Steve Linde with guest Sarah Sassoon
The Jerusalem-based, Australian-born writer tells JNS that Oct. 7 reinforced the urgency of reclaiming Mizrahi memory, resilience and hope.
Despite a petition to boycott Israeli films, Moshe Rosenthal’s “Tell Me Everything” became the Jewish state’s first official entry in nearly 10 years.
In response, the Israeli Foreign Ministry designated South Africa’s top diplomat in the country persona non grata.