Gilles-William Goldnadel

Gilles-William Goldnadel
Born (1954-01-12) 12 January 1954
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Residence Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality French
Israeli
Education Lycée des Bruyères
Alma mater Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Occupation Lawyer, author, columnist
Spouse(s) 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

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 was Henri Goldnadel, descended from left-wing Polish Jews, while his mother, Victoria Schwartz, descended from Communist Russian Jews.[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

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 supports 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Catherine Coroller, Passion Sion, Libération, March 2, 2010
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Matanel Foundation: Avocats sans Frontières, International
  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. 1 2 Ségolène de Larquier, Me Goldnadel défendra Philippot face au Qatar, Le Point, June 15, 2015
  5. 1 2 Dominique Albertini, Gilles-William Goldnadel, avocat de Philippot contre le Qatar, Libération, June 15, 2015
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Denis Tugdual Gilles-William Goldnadel, tribun d'Israël, L'Express, April 24, 2014
  7. ↑ Valeurs Actuelles: Gilles-William Goldnadel
  8. 1 2 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, Le Journal du Dimanche, February 1, 1910
  10. ↑ Regards croisés, A Propos: France & Culture en Israel, p. 7
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