Yonit Levi Reflects on Her Difficult Years: “I Was a Nerd and I Was Afraid”

News anchor Yonit Levi returned today, Wednesday, for an emotional visit to the “HaMasorti” high school in Jerusalem, the school where she grew up and was educated, to speak with students about her new book on the fight against antisemitism, “Don’t Feed the Monster.” In a video she shared on her Instagram account, Levi recalled with a smile her days as a high school student and shared her feelings: “I’m in high school, a nerd, I don’t like dressing up, I love history, I love reading newspapers, I’m afraid of the English teacher. And nothing has changed.”

During the visit, Levi came full circle in a humorous way when she met that same legendary English teacher, and even gave her a copy of her new book as a gift. Looking at her class photo together with the current students, the news anchor chose to share a candid and relatable insight about adolescence: “If only someone had told me then that we’re all a little unusual, and that everyone, in one way or another, has a hard time. And that’s at the heart of the story.”