Jerry Levin born Jeremy Isadore Levin. (Mar. 20, 1932 – Feb. 7, 2020) He was a former CNN network journalist. He wrote on nonviolence, with an emphasis on the Middle East and in particular Palestine and Israel. In 1984 he was kidnapped and held hostage by Hezbollah. He escaped after eleven and a halfmonths 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.