Name Jerry Levin | Role Journalist | |
Books Reflections on My First Noel, West Bank Diary: Middle East Violence as Reported by a Former American Hostage | ||
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Jerry Levin is a former CNN network journalist. He writes on nonviolence, with an emphasis on the Middle East and in particular Palestine and Israel.
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In 1984 he was kidnapped and held hostage by Hezbollah. He escaped after eleven and a half months in captivity due to the nonviolent behind the scene efforts of friends and colleagues organized by his wife, Sis Levin. Of Jewish descent, Levin converted to Christianity during his captivity.
In 1991, his story was made into a made-for-TV movie, Held Hostage. The movie starred David Dukes as Levin.
He has worked with several violence reduction organizations in the West Bank and Gaza, including Christian Peacemaker Teams) and with nonviolent peace and nonviolent justice organizations in the U.S .
In April 2009 he and his wife were recognized by the Dalai Lama as one of 2009's "Unsung Heroes of Compassion".