Zvi Levin, a prominent Jewish journalist and leading figure in the French Zionist movement, died here today at the age of 69. He was an active leader in the French underground during the Second World War. Born in Russia, Mr. Levin, after emigrating to France, was the first editor of the Paris Yiddish daily “Unser Wort.”
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