Steve Linde

Linde was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, to Jewish parents, Roseve (Saacks) and Hilyer (Hilly) Samuel Linde, and grew up in Durban, South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.ejpress.org/article/54733|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101054957/http://www.ejpress.org/article/54733|title=EJP - News - Western Europe - Interview with Steve Linde, chief editor of the Jerusalem Post: 'We are pro-Israel and Zionist'|archivedate=1 November 2013|work=ejpress.org|accessdate=21 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://new.jpost.com/landedpages/printarticle.aspx?id=398836 |title=Grapevine: A week for honoring contributors to the nation |website=New.jpost.com |date= |accessdate=2017-01-25}} At the age of 15, he attended a four-month "ulpan" study program at Jerusalem’s Kiryat Moriah with other South African Jewish students, which he said "cemented my love of Israel forever."{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Editors-Notes-We-love-you-too|title=Editor's Notes: We love you, too!|work=The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com|date=8 July 2011 |accessdate=21 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Author/Steve-Linde|title=Steve Linde|work=The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com|accessdate=21 February 2016}} He matriculated in 1977 from Carmel College in Durban, where he was head boy and earned an honors blazer with colors in academics, athletics, rugby and debating. After completing a one-year program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Rothberg International School, he received a bachelor's in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University, where he won a scholarship from the Daily Dispatch. He went on to earn graduate degrees in sociology from the University of Kwazulu-Natal and journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. He wrote his sociology thesis on the emergence of Mohandas Gandhi as a charismatic leader in South Africa (under Professor Fatima Meer),{{cite news|title=It's time to give peace a chance|url=http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/it-s-time-to-give-peace-a-chance-1.1788428#.VTUBe1b8Ib0|accessdate=November 30, 2014|publisher=The Sunday Independent}} and his journalism thesis on the homeless in Berkeley (under Professors Ben Bagdikian and Bernard Taper).

Linde immigrated to Israel in 1988 and served in the IDF Artillery Corps. He was a popular radio broadcaster for 22 years (1989-2011), working as an editor, reporter, newsreader and for five years as director of English News at Kol Yisrael (Israel Radio). He started working at The Jerusalem Post in 1997, doing stints as night editor, news editor, managing editor and editor-in-chief.{{cite web|title=Yaakov Katz named new 'Post' editor-in-chief|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Yaakov-Katz-named-new-Post-editor-in-chief-451136|website=Jerusalem Post|date=13 April 2016 |accessdate=17 May 2016}} Under his five-year editorship, the newspaper boosted its international stature, launching annual conferences in New York for its American readership and in Israel for the foreign diplomatic corps. At the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in 2013, which Linde called the highlight of his career, he interviewed Israel's ninth president Shimon Peres on stage at the Daniel Herzliya Hotel.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvUp0lgkrq4&t=8s |title=JPost Diplomatic Conference - Former President Shimon Peres, December 16, 2014 |publisher=YouTube |date= 16 December 2014|accessdate=2017-03-19}} At the Fifth Annual Jerusalem Post Conference at the New York Marriott Marquis on May 22, 2016, when he handed over to his successor, Yaakov Katz,{{cite web|last=Werth |first=Aryeh |url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/06/10/the-jerusalem-post-starts-a-new-chapter/ |title=The Jerusalem Post Starts a New Chapter | Jewish & Israel News |website=Algemeiner.com |date=2016-06-10 |accessdate=2017-01-25}} Linde interviewed two of his heroes, American actor Michael Douglas{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfBqC-TDRuA |title=Michael Douglas speaks at the Jerusalem Post Conference, May 22nd, 2016 |publisher=YouTube |date= 23 May 2016|accessdate=2017-01-25}} and media personality Dr. Ruth Westheimer.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_yxOvdizfM |title=JPost 2016: Dr. Ruth Westheimer |publisher=YouTube |date=1988-12-20 |accessdate=2017-01-25}} He has served as a judge for the Israeli schools' Sia'h VaSig Harry Hurwitz Public Speaking League, Alon High School's Isaac Ochberg Creative Writing Project and the Nefesh B'Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2016/04/06/israel/6-immigrants-awarded-nefesh-bnefesh-prize-for-impact-on-israel|title=6 immigrants awarded Nefesh B'Nefesh prize for impact on Israel|date=April 6, 2016}} After stepping down as editor of The Jerusalem Report in January 2025, a position he held for seven years, he became features editor at Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) in February 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-844095 |title=So long, Steve|date=February 28, 2025}}

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