Gilles-William Goldnadel

Gilles-William Goldnadel
Born (1954-01-12) 12 January 1954 (age 71)
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
NationalityFrench
Israeli
EducationLycée des Bruyères
Alma materPanthéon-Sorbonne University
Occupation(s)Lawyer, author, columnist
SpouseBéatrice Vonderweidt
Children1 son, 1 daughter
Parent(s)Henri Goldnadel
Victoria Schwartz

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, 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 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.[2]

Career

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

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

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

  • 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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Catherine Coroller, Passion Sion, Libération, March 2, 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e "Matanel Foundation: Avocats sans Frontières, International". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ a b Ségolène de Larquier, Me Goldnadel défendra Philippot face au Qatar, Le Point, June 15, 2015
  5. ^ a b Dominique Albertini, Gilles-William Goldnadel, avocat de Philippot contre le Qatar, Libération, June 15, 2015
  6. ^ a b c d e Denis Tugdual Gilles-William Goldnadel, tribun d'Israël, L'Express, April 24, 2014
  7. ^ Valeurs Actuelles: Gilles-William Goldnadel
  8. ^ a b Gilles-William Goldnadel, Gilles-William Goldnadel : antisémitisme et islamophobie ne sont pas comparables, Le Figaro, March 2, 2015
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ Regards croisés, A Propos: France & Culture en Israel, p. 7