JPost.com - Steve Linde Reporter

Editor's Notes: Message from Memphis

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:29:44 GMT

Israel Festival in Tennessee attracts 13,000 people – and widespread support for the Jewish state.

Bar-Ilan honors Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:25:22 GMT

Philanthropist and former Mossad chief among those receiving honorary doctorates.

Lithuanian FM: Heed settlement goods label issue

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:31:03 GMT

Linas Linkevicius tells 'Post' Israel risks facing boycott of all Israeli goods by European countries.

Bertie Lubner gets BGU Lifetime Achievement Award

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:52:20 GMT

Cherie Blair, among six recipients of honorary doctorates, dedicates her award to Bangladeshi women seeking education.

Former 'Post' editor-in-chief wins Pulitzer Prize

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:17:28 GMT

"Post' readers' feedback, their praise, and even their criticism made me the writer that I am today," Bret Stephens says.

‘Time for the Jewish people to consolidate’

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:42:05 GMT

Ahead of Tel Aviv forum, IJC president Sloutsker talks to the ‘Post’ about the dangers facing world Jewry.

Editor's Notes: Light in the darkness

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:04:36 GMT

Shavei Israel, the primary outreach organization to Polish Jews holds a moving Shabbaton near Auschwitz.

ANC deputy: S. Africa can play role in Mideast peace

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:06:34 GMT

Ramaphosa suggests to Chief Rabbi Goldstein South Africa may advance peace, reverse anti-Israel stance.

Editor's Notes: What about a mini-region?

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:08:52 GMT

Prof. Uriel Halbreich proposes a confederation of Israel, Jordan and Palestine.

JFNA head: Obama trip is ‘a very positive sign’

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:35:17 GMT

Michael D. Siegal urges Israel to present itself as "a people of joy and great strength."

A collector of valor

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:13:52 GMT

Hilary treasures her collection of well-preserved copies of historic newspapers, including the first issue of The Palestine Post on December 1, 1932, which she eagerly shows me.

Netanyahu: Obama and I differ on peace process

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:59:08 GMT

PM talks with 'Post' about Obama, Bennett, Abbas, why the country needs his hands – and only his hands – on the wheel.

Netanyahu to ‘Post’: I won’t uproot masses of Jews

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:17:39 GMT

PM concedes that he and Obama "have our differences" on how to achieve peace with Palestinians, says settlement blocs will remain part of Israel in any deal "and that’s where most construction is taking place."

Four-star (Jewish) general

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:10:37 GMT

Robert Magnus talks to the ‘Post’ about his career in the US Marine Corps, sharing his views on the complexities of Iran and his admiration for Israel.

‘Israel’s health (system) is deteriorating’

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:32:29 GMT

Editor's Notes: A candid interview with Sheba’s director, Prof. Zeev Rotstein.

Spirit of survival

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:43:59 GMT

Besides the ever-expanding daily English-language newspaper that started in 1932, we have broadened The Jerusalem Post Group to include a range of specialized editions.

Editor's Notes: Israel’s Pillar of Defense

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:57:39 GMT

The primary purpose of Operation Pillar of Defense is to restore Israel’s deterrent capability.

The ultimate aliya

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:09:05 GMT

Meet the Jerusalem Great Synagogue’s new director-general, Rabbi Zev Lanton, who recently moved here from Montreal.

Peres to 'Post': 'Idiotic' rockets warrant response

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:54:48 GMT

President blasts Gazan terrorism, but urges government to resume peace talks with PA President Mahmoud Abbas.

Editor's Notes: Realizing a challenging dream

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:58:11 GMT

SHALVA is building a world-class center for challenged children in Jerusalem.

Preeminent lawn bowls reporter Spiro dies at 87

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:47:33 GMT

A gifted writer, Norman Spiro reported meticulously on bowls for more than three decades, including for The Jerusalem Post.

Editor's Notes: It’s now or the Negev

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:19:25 GMT

JNF focuses on developing the desert at its "most succesful conference" in Orlando.

The Reich stuff

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:49:29 GMT

The inspiring story of Sir Erich Reich, who was rescued from the Holocaust at the age of four and served in the IDF.

The sound of the shofar

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:45:43 GMT

Rabbi Yona Metzger recalls how he introduced the king of Spain to Judaism and offers a message of hope for the Jewish New Year.

Editor's Notes: The new press war

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:08:53 GMT

Israel has become well-known for its varied, thriving and boisterous media.

Comment: J’accuse!

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:38:07 GMT

Who knows what could have happened if Olmert had not been forced to step down as prime minister over a laundry list of corruption charges?

B’nai B’rith president: Don't ignore anti-Semitism

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 02:18:02 GMT

Allan J. Jacobs tells 'Post' that Jewish organizations must fight anti-Jewish or anti-Israel manifestation in media.

'Countries can learn from Israel-Diaspora model'

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:43:05 GMT

"It’s high time we share our really precious knowledge in this field," public diplomacy and diaspora affairs minister tells 'Post.'

Judy Feld Carr secretly rescued Syrian Jews

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:29:10 GMT

Canadian mother credited with finding escape for Jews trapped in Syria awarded Presidential medal.

Hier: Jerusalem Tolerance Museum in 3 years

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:45:02 GMT

Center to be bigger than Simon Wiesenthal’s facilities in LA, New York; Half of initial fund-raising completed.

‘Grandma, you are a celebrity!’

Sun, 27 May 2012 21:50:20 GMT

Marian Keren relates his wife’s story of survival during the Holocaust in the sewers of Lvov.

50 most influential Jews: Places 31-40

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:09:05 GMT

Michael Pollan, 57, made his first big splash with 2006’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.

'A top American businessman in love with Israel'

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:51:32 GMT

Matthew Bronfman has made name for himself in both big business, Jewish world, and has become prominent philanthropist.

Matthew Bronfman: Top US businessman in love with Israel

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:01:16 GMT

The prominent philanthropist talks about his famous father, his investing ally and connecting Soviet Jews to Judaism.

Who is the world's most influential Jew?

Wed, 09 May 2012 18:28:33 GMT

In anticipation of our upcoming 2012 list of world's most influential Jews, we're turning to you to weigh in and help us decide who makes the cut.

Dagan and Erdan's caustic exchange at the ‘Post’ Conference

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:54:24 GMT

A transcript of the acrimonious argument in the first afternoon panel discussion on Israel’s security situation.

Sparks fly at ‘Jerusalem Post’ Conference

Tue, 01 May 2012 06:53:51 GMT

Editor's Notes: First Jerusalem Post Conference had 1,200 people, 9 fascinating speeches by distinguished guests.

Carlebach voices new ‘Hatikva’ at ‘Post’ Conference

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:00:55 GMT

Neshama Carlebach hopes her controversial new version of “Hatikva” will “inspire a a process of healing.”

Economics: Reasons to be cheerful

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:13:57 GMT

Steinitz tells 'Post' that while there may be things that need fixing, the country has plenty to be proud of.

'Now's the time for peace with the Palestinians'

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:35:16 GMT

In pre-Independence Day interview with 'The Jerusalem Post', president Peres expresses confidence in PA's Abbas.

Editor's Note: ‘We’re the true leadership’

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:34:33 GMT

UK Board of Deputies President Vivian Wineman seeks to soothe tensions simmering within his community.

Richard B. Stone: A rock-solid American Jewish leader

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:27:38 GMT

Editor's Notes: When it’s necessary, he knows how to pack a punch.

Editor's Notes: Fighting for Zionism

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:18:41 GMT

What The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference is all about

Advice from a former PM

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:42:06 GMT

Ehud Olmert says that making peace with the Palestinians is the most important challenge.

Women of valor creating a new tomorrow

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:14:25 GMT

Helena Glaser talks to the ‘Post’ about her presidency of WIZO ahead of its conference in Tel Aviv.

Comment: A source of Anglo pride

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:03:00 GMT

The appointment of Dr. Jeremy Levin to CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals is the first time a foreigner has headed the company.

Charging his batteries in Israel

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:54:31 GMT

Alan Dershowitz is upset with the Obama administration’s policy, but still believes the Netanyahu government should make a generous offer to get the Palestinians back to the negotiating table.

Comment: A cause for celebration

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:36:52 GMT

The Gilad Schalit deal was fittingly announced ahead of Succot, which reminds us reaching the promised land after years of wandering.

A zesty trip to Zambia and Zimbabwe

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:33:22 GMT

These southern African countries offer a broad range of attractions to the visitor – from animal safaris to African drumming sessions..

Editor's Notes: Delegitimizing the deligitimizers

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:08:53 GMT

A sparkling speech by Melanie Phillips.

Editor's Notes: Telling the truth, eloquently

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:08:17 GMT

An interview with Gilad Erdan.

Editor's Notes: Caging the tiger

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:58:26 GMT

Larry Derfner crossed the line into territory of hate speech when in a personal blog last week he sought to justify Palestinian terrorism.

Editor's Notes: Israel can survive

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:25:58 GMT

The best defense against unfriendly governments is for Israel to make peace with the Palestinians, say Hirsh Goodman in new book.

Editor's Notes: The September showdown

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:57:32 GMT

Negotiators of good faith must sit down and work out a way that a Palestinian state and Israel can coexist.

Ashrawi hopes US won’t veto state at Security Council

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:48:41 GMT

Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon: Israel seeks support of 50 to 70 countries at General Assembly against Palestinian bid.

Editor's Notes: The time has come...

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:35:34 GMT

The editor of a respected newspaper should spell out his positions at the start of his tenure, and make his voice heard. So here is my “wish list.”

Editor's Notes: The hopeful homeless

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:21:30 GMT

The government must address their grievances in earnest if it wants to prevent their hitherto nonviolent protest from expanding and spinning out of control.

Editor's Notes: Halting the hatred

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:43:51 GMT

We at the 'Post' believe that hate speech harms the civil discourse in Israel; it poses a real danger to the country’s very existence as a democratic Jewish state.

Comforting the afflicted, afflicting the comfortable

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:51:29 GMT

Editor's Notes: If you're either afflicted or comforted by the views of Derfner or Caroline Glick, then we're doing a good journalistic job.

Editor's Notes: We love you, too!

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:22:02 GMT

It’s been thrilling to take up the mantle of editor – and I invite you to join me on this journalistic journey.

'50 most influential Jews' fuels debate

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:37:20 GMT

Facebook behind the Arab Spring? ‘It was fate that married these two and not a Jew,’ says one reader.

The Jewish power-providers of the Arab Spring revolts

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:16:36 GMT

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg tops 'The Jerusalem Post's' list of the 50 most influential Jews in the world, 2011.

Good- and good for you

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:07:11 GMT

The Village Green in Jerusalem’s German Colony offers healthy, wholesome food for the whole family.

Family roots: A visit to the Mount of Olives

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:49:00 GMT

I knew from past experience that finding a grave on the Mount of Olives was like looking for a needle in a haystack. One had to do some homework first.

Jerusalem's own masterpiece

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:38:53 GMT

Mona is an upscale restaurant that has perfected the art of preparing fine food.

Jewish women fare well on ‘Forbes’ list

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:59:03 GMT

Rosenfeld of Kraft, No. 2, is one of 7 in the rankings.

Nova Scotia,Canada: It’s right some nice!

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:05:04 GMT

The Canadian Maritime province is the perfect place to escape the stress and intensity of life in Israel.

Old Jews Telling Jokes – soon in the Holy Land?

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:14:18 GMT

Internet video site created by two young Jewish men is spinning off in all directions, from a book and a DVD to a Web series and even a film.

All the disadvantages required for success!

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:40:05 GMT

Why have some Jews been so good at making money, and using it well? Just ask Larry Ellison,who heads The Jerusalem Post’s first annual ranking of The World’s 50 Richest Jews.

A ray of light in Beit Shemesh

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:39:18 GMT

The Benjamin Children’s Library is struggling valiantly with dwindling funds to accommodate its ever-growing community of readers.

Sabena pilot Captain Reginald Levy dies at 88

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:29:05 GMT

‘His whole life was flying,’ says daughter Linda Lipschitz.

My cousin, the ambassador to the UN

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:17:30 GMT

Could Meron Reuben be the new Abba Eban?

‘Every creature has a song’

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:19:09 GMT

Steve Reich and Beryl Korot present their 20th century opera, ‘Three Tales,’ to a Jerusalem audience.

Learning the lessons of Kerem Shalom

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:50:16 GMT

Have the ‘operational failures’ surrounding Gilad Schalit’s capture been corrected?

Turning the tables on Arafat

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:30:09 GMT

Yoav Blum recalls the story behind a ‘Post’ front-page photo 28 years ago.

I’d like to send a book to Gilad

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:14:12 GMT

Perhaps if the flotilla peace activists had also taken books for Schalit they would have gotten more Israeli sympathy.

‘Vatican to accept that Mt. Sinai is in Negev, not Egypt’

Sun, 30 May 2010 05:15:45 GMT

‘I‘m sure Karkom is the real mountain of God,’ Prof. Emmanuel Anati declares. ‘Israel should be proud.’

‘Post’ list of influential Jews yields sharp responses

Sun, 23 May 2010 05:44:46 GMT

Some readers criticized that revered rabbis and other prominent personalities were left out.

World's 50 most influential Jews

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:04:05 GMT

The Jerusalem Post's first annual list of those who are shaping the future.

Colombia’s FM: We share your resilience

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:03:24 GMT

Tells 'Post' election winner will back Israel.

Israel's top philosopher: Lift the siege!

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:16:24 GMT

Avishai Margalit says the blockade on Gaza is a disaster.

A brainy and passionate man

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:55:15 GMT

Brain science is clearly the field of the future, and one to persuade one’s children to pursue.

Portraits of survival

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:37:50 GMT

A collection of striking images shows how survivors not only endured the Holocaust but established flourishing families.

Bunking with Ben-Gurion

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:17:05 GMT

A Litvak oleh who toiled in the fields with the first prime minister recalls a poignant Pessah in Kfar Saba over 100 years ago.

It's no longer a dream to fly from Ben-Gurion to Basel

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:48:42 GMT

Israir to inaugurate flights to the Swiss city in March.

Whose ‘Dove of Peace’?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:19:39 GMT

Is a Jerusalem dentist's prized painting a Picasso or the work of a troubled Israeli artist?

Carl Marx in ‘Das Kapital’? Yes, the lamp shop!

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:32:43 GMT

The story behind the ad on the Post’s most famous front page.

Analysis: So did the Mossad do it?

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:34:12 GMT

Was it really so shocking that at least seven of the 11 members of the hit squad identified by Dubai Police have the same names as olim, six of them from Britain?

The art of bondage and boundaries

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:14:27 GMT

'I am actually on top of the fence looking at both sides,' says Tel Aviv artist Irit Rosenberg.

The majestic castle at which Tom and Katie married

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:49:04 GMT

A visit to the romantic region around Rome.

Bellisimo! A grand guide to Rome’s Ghetto

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:49:32 GMT

Micaela Pavoncello says the oldest Jewish community in the Diaspora should sue for the Coliseum, which was financed by war booty taken from the Jews.