Gilles-William Goldnadel
Gilles-William Goldnadel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 January 1954 Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France |
| Nationality | French Israeli |
| Education | Lycée des Bruyères |
| Alma mater | Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, author, columnist |
| Spouse | Béatrice Vonderweidt |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Parent(s) | Henri Goldnadel Victoria Schwartz |
Gilles-William Goldnadel (born 1954) is a French-Israeli lawyer, author and columnist.
Early life[edit]
Gilles-William Goldnadel was born on 12 January 1954 in Rouen, in northern France.[1][2] He is a secular Ashkenazi Jew.[1] His father. Henri Goldnadel, was of Polish Jewish descent, while his mother, Victoria Schwartz, is of Russian Jewish descent.[1][2]
Goldnadel grew up in Gournay-en-Bray, where they owned a clothing store.[1] He was educated at the Lycée des Bruyères in Rouen.[2] He received a master's degree in Law from Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[2]
Career[edit]
Goldnadel is a lawyer.[1] He has defended Israeli businessman Arcadi Gaydamak and Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, among many others.[1] In 1996, he defended Maurice Arreckx.[3] In 2014, he defended Patrick Buisson, former President Nicolas Sarkozy's advisor.[4] In 2015, he defended Florian Philippot, a French politician, against the absolute monarchy of Qatar.[4][5]
An author, Goldnadel has written eight books, three of which with Jean-Claude Gawsewitch. In 2011, he wrote the preface of Vendée : du génocide au mémoricide by Reynald Secher, suggesting the War in the Vendée led to a genocide.[6] He is also a columnist, writing for Le Figaro and Valeurs Actuelles, two conservative French publications.[6][7] He protects freedom of speech in French media.[1] In a March 2015 column in Le Figaro, he suggested antisemitism and islamophobia were not comparable.[8]
Philanthropy[edit]
Goldnadel first visited Israel in 1971.[1] He serves as the President of the Association France-Israël.[8] He has served on the Steering Committee of the CRIF since 2010.[6][9] He is a zionist, and has as his "personal friend" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[1] He is a member of The Republicans.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Goldnadel became an Israeli citizen in 2000.[1] He is married to Béatrice Vonderweidt,[2] a former model, now a painter whose work was exhibited at the French Institute of Tel Aviv in 2008.[1][10] She is a gentile.[1] They reside in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris.[6] They also have homes in Palermo, Italy, and Tel Aviv, Israel.[6] They have a son, Benjamin, and a daughter, Laura-Sarah, both of whom are Israeli citizens and residents.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
- Une idée certaine de la France (Paris: France-Empire, 1998).
- Le Nouveau Bréviaire de la haine (Paris: Ramsay, 2001).
- Les Martyrocrates (Paris: Plon, 2004).
- Conversation sur les sujets qui fâchent avec Alexandre Adler (with Jean-Claude Gawsewitch, 2008).
- Le Blognadel (Paris: Éditions de Passy, 2009).
- Sans concessions. Conversations avec David Reinharc, avec Pascal Boniface (Paris: Éditions David Reinharc, 2010).
- Réflexions sur la question blanche (with Jean-Claude Gawsewitch, 2011).
- Le vieil homme m'indigne ! (with Jean-Claude Gawsewitch, 2012).
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Catherine Coroller, Passion Sion, Libération, March 2, 2010
- ^ a b c d e Matanel Foundation: Avocats sans Frontières, International
- ^ Alain Leauthier, Arreckx: la défense demande un cessez-le-feu.Le procès de l'homme politique varois s'est achevé hier., Libération, October 19, 1996
- ^ a b Ségolène de Larquier, Me Goldnadel défendra Philippot face au Qatar, Le Point, June 15, 2015
- ^ a b Dominique Albertini, Gilles-William Goldnadel, avocat de Philippot contre le Qatar, Libération, June 15, 2015
- ^ a b c d e Denis Tugdual Gilles-William Goldnadel, tribun d'Israël, L'Express, April 24, 2014
- ^ Valeurs Actuelles: Gilles-William Goldnadel
- ^ a b Gilles-William Goldnadel, Gilles-William Goldnadel : antisémitisme et islamophobie ne sont pas comparables, Le Figaro, March 2, 2015
- ^ Soazig Quéméner, Virage à droite chez les juifs de France Archived 2015-05-30 at the Wayback Machine, Le Journal du Dimanche, February 1, 1910
- ^ Regards croisés, A Propos: France & Culture en Israel, p. 7
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- Living people
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- 20th-century French lawyers
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- Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
- French Ashkenazi Jews
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- French people of Polish-Jewish descent
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