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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.

The Yarkon River in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park on Aug. 17, 2019. Photo by Anat Hermony/Flash90.
Feature
Green neighborhoods may ease chronic stress during pregnancy, Israeli study finds
Bar-Ilan University researchers reported that pregnant women living near more vegetation had lower levels of long-term stress hormones.
July 19, 2026
Steve Linde
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Argentina's Ambassador to Israel Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish, July 18, 2026. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.
Israel News
Netanyahu cheers on Argentina ahead of World Cup final
“We support you. We support Argentina,” the Israeli premier told President Javier Milei.
July 19, 2026
Steve Linde
Youth participate in a penalty shootout tournament as part of the World Cup celebrations at Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on July 10, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
World Cup
Could the World Cup final be decided by an Israeli innovation?
Yosef Dagan championed the penalty shootout following Israel’s elimination from the 1968 Olympics by the drawing of lots.
July 17, 2026
Steve Linde
KKL-JNF Chairman Eyal Ostrinsky (left) is interviewed by JNS Features Editor Steve Linde (right) at the JNS Media Hub in Jerusalem. Credit: JNS.
JNS TV
KKL-JNF chairman outlines plans to combat antisemitism and rebuild Israel
July 15, 2026
Steve Linde
Lionel Messi at the French Super Cup match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes at Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa, July 31, 2022. Credit: Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.
Online Antisemitism
World Cup antisemitism targets Lionel Messi, revives old anti-Jewish tropes
According to CyberWell, social media posts tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup falsely claim the Argentine soccer star is Jewish or controlled by Jews while recycling conspiracy theories about Jewish control of FIFA.
July 15, 2026
Steve Linde
KKL-JNF Chairman Eyal Ostrinsky speaks at the dedication of the renewed Sayeret Shaked Park in the southern Israeli city of Ofakim, Feb. 2, 2026. Credit: Michael Houri/courtesy of KKL-JNF.
JNS Interview
KKL-JNF’s new chairman: Israel must ‘give back’ to Diaspora Jewry
Eyal Ostrinsky told JNS that the 125-year-old Zionist institution is broadening its support for Jewish communities worldwide, while reaffirming its mission of settlement, forestry and national development.
July 14, 2026
Steve Linde
Sir Joshua Hassan, Gibraltar’s first chief minister, with his wife and two daughters. Courtesy of the Hassan family.
World News
Gibraltar to rename international airport after Jewish statesman Sir Joshua Hassan
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum said the honor bestowed on her father celebrates “a legacy that belongs not only to Gibraltar, but also to the wider Jewish story.”
July 14, 2026
Steve Linde
Otto “Schloime” Fischer, standing third from left, with his Hakoah teammates before a game in Riga in 1926. Credit: Courtesy of Raimonds Kaže.
Jewish Sportsmen
Jews once dominated soccer in Central Europe, says British Jewish author
David Bolchover talks to JNS about his new book, which tells the stories of 11 Jewish football stars murdered in the Holocaust.
July 13, 2026
Steve Linde
Eliyahu (Eli) Vered Hazan. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Israel News
Eli Vered Hazan named new world chairman of Keren Hayesod
The Israeli envoy to Singapore will succeed Sam Grundwerg following an orderly transition after eight years of leadership.
July 13, 2026
Steve Linde
"Qumran: Cave of the Column," also known as "Ma'arat Teumim" (Twin Caves), July 2026. Credit: Project Qumran.
Project Qumran
Digital book revisits controversial Qumran discovery linked to Temple incense
Project Qumran seeks scientific testing of surviving samples from a 1992 Dead Sea excavation that researchers believe may be remnants of biblical “Ketoret.”
July 10, 2026
Steve Linde
Yehudah Glick on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, which he calls "Zion." Credit: Yehudah Glick.
Temple Mount
‘It’s in our hands,’ says Temple Mount activist Yehudah Glick
The Shalom Jerusalem Foundation president told JNS that the holy site named “Zion” should be “a house of prayer for all nations.”
July 8, 2026
Steve Linde
Jews visit the Temple Mount holy site in Jerusalem's Old City ahead of Jerusalem Day, May 14, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
JNS TV
Rabbi Yehudah Glick: Something big is happening on the Temple Mount
July 8, 2026
Steve Linde