Gilles-William Goldnadel

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Gilles-William Goldnadel
Born (1954-01-12) 12 January 1954 (age 70)
NationalityFrench
Israeli
EducationLycée des Bruyères
Alma mater Pantheon-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.

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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 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]

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