Michel Gurfinkiel (1 August 1948, Paris) is a French conservative journalist and public intellectual. He served as editor-in-chief of Valeurs Actuelles from 1985 to 2006. [1]
He served as editor-in-chief of Perspectives from 1984 to 1985, and of Valeurs actuelles from 1985 to 2006. [1] He serves on the editorial board of Valeurs acutelles and Commentaire . [1] His work has also been published in Commentary Magazine , The Weekly Standard , The Wall Street Journal , PJ Media , The New York Sun , Politique Internationale , Le Figaro , L'Arche , Limes , Outre-Terre , The Times , The European , The Middle East Quarterly , The Jerusalem Post , Azure , Nativ: A Journal of Politics and the Arts , The Jewish Review of Books , etc. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
He has been a board member of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France since 1995. [1] In 2003, he founded the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute. [1] [2] He has been a fellow of the Middle East Forum since 2012. [1] He is the recipient of the National Order of Merit. [1] He lives in Paris. [2]
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