Gilles-William Goldnadel (born 1954) is a French-Israeli lawyer, author and columnist.
Early life
Gilles-William Goldnadel was born on 12 January 1954 in
Rouen
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, in northern France.
[Catherine Coroller]
Passion Sion
''Libération
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'', March 2, 2010 He is a secular
Ashkenazi Jew
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.
His father. Henri Goldnadel, was of
Polish Jewish
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descent, while his mother, Victoria Schwartz, is of
Russian Jewish
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descent.
Goldnadel grew up in
Gournay-en-Bray
Gournay-en-Bray (, before 1962: ''Gournay'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in north-western France.
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, where they owned a clothing store.
He was educated at the Lycée des Bruyères in Rouen.
He received a master's degree in Law from
Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Career
Goldnadel is a lawyer.
He has defended Israeli businessman
Arcadi Gaydamak
Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak (; ; born 8 April 1952 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born French-Israeli businessman, philanthropist, and President of the Congress of Jewish Religious Communities and Organizations of Russia (KEROOR). In the 1990 ...
and Italian journalist
Oriana Fallaci
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, among many others.
In 1996, he defended
Maurice Arreckx
Maurice Arreckx (13 December 1917 - 21 March 2001) was a French politician. He served as the mayor of Toulon from 1959 to 1985. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1986, before serving as a member of the ...
.
[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 In 2014, he defended
Patrick Buisson
Patrick Buisson (19 April 1949 – 26 December 2023) was a French right-wing essayist, journalist and political advisor. He was a journalist for ''Minute'', ''Valeurs Actuelles'' and ''Le Crapouillot'' as well as ''La Chaîne Info''. He wrote se ...
, former
President
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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's advisor.
[Ségolène de Larquier]
Me Goldnadel défendra Philippot face au Qatar
''Le Point
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''Le Point'' was founded in 1972 by former journalists of ''L'Express'' and quickly rose to be ...
'', June 15, 2015 In 2015, he defended
Florian Philippot
Florian Philippot (; born 24 October 1981) is a French politician. He served as Vice President of the National Front from 2012 to 2017 before quitting the party to found The Patriots in September 2017, which has failed to win any representati ...
, a French politician, against the
absolute monarchy of
Qatar
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.
[Dominique Albertini]
Gilles-William Goldnadel, avocat de Philippot contre le Qatar
''Libération'', June 15, 2015
An author, Goldnadel has written eight books, three of which with
Jean-Claude Gawsewitch Jean-Claude is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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. In 2011, he wrote the preface of ''Vendée : du génocide au mémoricide'' by
Reynald Secher
Reynald Secher (born 27 October 1955) is a French historian famous for his work on the War in the Vendée.
Vendée
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, suggesting the
War in the Vendée
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led to a genocide.
He is also a columnist, writing for ''
Le Figaro
() is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...
'' and ''
Valeurs Actuelles
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'', two conservative French publications.
[Denis Tugdua]
Gilles-William Goldnadel, tribun d'Israël
''L'Express
(, stylized in all caps) is a French weekly news magazine headquartered in Paris. The weekly stands at the political centre-right in the French media landscape, and has a lifestyle supplement, ''L'Express Styles'', and a job supplement, ''RÃ ...
'', April 24, 2014 He protects freedom of speech in French media.
In a March 2015 column in ''Le Figaro'', he suggested
antisemitism
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and
islamophobia
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were not comparable.
[Gilles-William Goldnadel]
Gilles-William Goldnadel : antisémitisme et islamophobie ne sont pas comparables
''Le Figaro'', March 2, 2015
Philanthropy
Goldnadel first visited Israel in 1971.
He serves as the President of the
Association France-Israël
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.
He has served on the Steering Committee of the
CRIF since 2010.
[Soazig Quéméner]
Virage à droite chez les juifs de France
, ''Le Journal du Dimanche
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JDD was bought in 2023 by Vivendi of media mogul Vincent Bolloré, triggering a strike movement against the new editorial s ...
'', February 1, 1910 He is a
zionist
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, and has as his ''"personal friend"''
Israeli Prime Minister
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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.
He is a member of
The Republicans.
Personal life
Goldnadel became an
Israeli citizen
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Every Jew has the unrestricted right to immigrate to Israel and become an Israeli citizen. Individuals ...
in 2000.
He is married to Béatrice Vonderweidt,
a former model, now a painter whose work was exhibited at the French Institute of Tel Aviv in 2008.
''A Propos: France & Culture en Israel'', p. 7 She is a gentile.Neuilly-sur-Seine
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, near Paris.Palermo
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, Italy, and Tel Aviv
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, Israel.
Bibliography
*''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
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'' (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
External links
Official blog
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1954 births
Living people
Lawyers from Rouen
Writers from Neuilly-sur-Seine
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni
20th-century French lawyers
French columnists
Israeli lawyers
Israeli columnists
Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
French Ashkenazi Jews
French Zionists
French non-fiction writers
French male bloggers
French people of Polish-Jewish descent
French people of Russian-Jewish descent
French emigrants to Israel