Pinchas Goldschmidt

[3] Given his role in speaking for the benefit of the Jewish community, Goldschmidt has stated that he has been a magnet for personal threats of violence by antisemitic extremists.

[4] In 1990 he created the guidelines in conjunction with the Israeli Ministry of Interior to reconfirm Jews who hid their Jewish identity during Soviet times.

A subsequent television call-in show, during which 100,000 people phoned in, said that 54% of the participants supported the idea of banning all Jewish organizations in Russia.

Goldschmidt wrote a response addressed to Dmitriy Rogozin, leader of the nationalist Rodina (Motherland) party, who then apologized and distanced himself from the petition.

[11] On 27 July 2016, the Government of the French Republic made him a Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor for contributing to relations between Russia and France.

[18][19][20] Goldschmidt declared in a 7 September 2022 interview with international broadcaster Deutsche Welle that Russia is entering a period of deep isolation and the promulgation of a new "Iron Curtain" between regions, both actions of which he views as morally repugnant.