Michel Gurfinkiel (1 August 1948, Paris) is a French

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journalist and public intellectual. He served as editor-in-chief of '' Valeurs Actuelles'' from 1985 to 2006.Official biography
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Biography

He served as editor-in-chief of '' Perspectives'' from 1984 to 1985, and of ''Valeurs actuelles'' from 1985 to 2006. He serves on the editorial board of ''Valeurs acutelles'' and ''

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'', '' Azure'', '' Nativ: A Journal of Politics and the Arts'', '' The Jewish Review of Books, etc.Michel Gurfinkiel
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/ref> He has been a board member of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France since 1995. In 2003, he founded the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute. He has been a fellow of the

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since 2012. He is the recipient of the National Order of Merit. He lives in

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Bibliography

*''Israël, géopolitique d'une paix'' ( Éditions Michalon, 1996) *''Le Retour de la Russie'' (with Vladimir Fedorovski,

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, 2001), *''La Cuisson du homard : réflexion intempestive sur la nouvelle guerre d'Israël'' (Éditions Michalon, 2001) *''Le Roman d'Odessa'' (

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, 2005) *''Le testament d'Ariel Sharon'' (Éditions du Rocher, 2006) *''Le Roman d'Israël'' (Éditions du Rocher, 2008) *''Un devoir de mémoire'' ( Jean-Paul Bertrand, 2008) *''Israël peut-il survivre? La Nouvelle Règle du Jeu'' ( Hugo & Cie, 2011)

References

External links

Official website and blog
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