Gerard Leval

Gerard Leval is a partner in a Washington, DC law firm. His book, "Lobbying for Equality, Jacques Godard and the Struggle for Jewish Civil Rights during the French Revolution" was published by HUC Press in 2022.

ARTICLES BY: Gerard Leval

September 18, 2025 11:27 am

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French Dishonor in New York: A Palestinian State as a Reward for Oct. 7

In late September 1938, faced with yet one more territorial demand from Adolf Hitler and gripped with fear at the prospect of another European war...

February 21, 2024 11:33 am

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Remembering France’s Minister of Justice Who Was Shaped by Holocaust Past

Until 1981, the guillotine continued to be used as the means of implementing death sentences in France. However, in that year, France abolished the death...

May 4, 2023 10:34 am

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Conviction of French Synagogue Bomber Is a Better Late Than Never Verdict

Early on the morning of October 3, 1941, in the midst of the cruel occupation of Paris by Germany, seven synagogues in Paris were severely...