He would often be asked about his odd name “Wolf”; he says that it is the same name as his maternal grandfather. He has also used the name Zev Blitzer or Zev Barak. Zev is translated from Hebrew to “wolf” and Barak is also translated to lighting, which is translated from German/Yiddish to blitz.
He graduated from Kenmore West Senior High School. Blitzer then attended the State University of New …show more content…
Blitzer was still the Washington Bureau Chief of the Jerusalem Post at the time. He was a major role in creating the back channel of communications for Israel and the White House. He introduced President Carter's General Counsel, to New York businessman Leon Charney, who was a close friend of then Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman. The conversations between them contributed to the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt. So in a way, if it weren’t for Blitzer there may or may not have been a treaty between Egypt and Israel.
Blitzer competed on an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! on September 17, 2009. He finished the Double Jeopardy round with −$4,600, and he was given $1000 to bet and finished the final round with $2000. He lost to comedian Andy Richter, and he raised $68,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
He was in many films as himself reporting events, and even fictional events like the movie plot for the James Bond film Skyfall.
Blitzer married Lynn Greenfield in 1973 and have been together for over forty-three years now. Wolf and Lynn had one daughter named Ilana Blitzer Gendelman, who is also a News anchor at