Ernő Goldfinger of Brutalist architecture. Goldfinger was known as a humourless man given to notorious rages. He sometimes fired his assistants if they were inappropriately jocular, and once forcibly ejected two prospective clients for imposing restrictions on his design. A discussion about Ernő with Goldfinger's cousin, on a golf course prompted Ian Fleming to name the James Bond adversary and villain Auric Goldfinger after Ernő (Fleming had previously been among the objectors to the pre-war demolition of the cottages in Hampstead that were removed to make way for Goldfinger's house at 2 Willow Road). Goldfinger consulted his lawyers when "Goldfinger" was published
Alice Goldfinger Judaism. In 2013 Goldfinger nominated Akiva Herzfeld as one of "America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis," listed by "The Jewish Daily Forward." Goldfinger is also known for establishing a soup kitchen at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco. Alice Goldfinger Alice Goldfinger is an American rabbi who has made national news due to the brain injury which she suffered in a fall in 2009. This injury, known as traumatic brain injury, destroyed her short-term memory. Goldfinger had been working as a rabbi at Congregation Bet Ha’am in Maine for a decade, but had to leave due to her injury. In 2011, however,