Yair Stern is an Israeli journalist and television personality.
Occupation
writer, journalist
Citizenship
Israel
Born
July 7, 1942, June 7, 1942
Overview
Yair Stern (; born June 7, 1942) is an Israeli journalist and television personality.
Early and personal life
Stern was born on 1942 in Tel Aviv to Roni Bronstein. His father Avraham Stern was the leader of a breakaway militant Zionist group named Lehi, who was assassinated four months before he was born. He was named after his father's underground name 'Yair'. Stern did not know about his father's death until 1948 following the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
He attended Bialik School in Netanya, School for Naval Officers in Acre and Urban High School IV in Tel Aviv. He later attended the Tel Aviv University, where he received Bachelor of Science degree in political science. Stern received master's degree in media from Temple University.
Stern is married and has four children. His son Shay is a TV producer and personality, and his daughter Anat is an academic instructor at the National Security College of Israel. He currently resides in Jerusalem.