In this special episode of Here I Am, social media manager Allison Fuller flips the script and interviews host Shai Davidai. Shai opens up about his journey from growing up in Israel and Romania to becoming one of the most visible voices fighting antisemitism after October 7th. He shares how a "split screen" reality of horror in Israel and celebrations of Hamas on his campus at Columbia pushed him to speak out, guided by three words: "Why not me?" The conversation explores his identity as both a proud atheist and deeply committed Jew, why he got Hebrew tattoos as an act of visible resistance, and his belief that hatred should be treated like an addiction rather than a valid emotion.

Shai reflects on nearly 100 episodes of interviews and identifies four traits shared by every activist who's sat in his chair: conviction, curiosity, cou ...