Sephardic Winter Film Festival

Films shown SECOND Tuesday of each month at 7PM (except December 5, 2017) 

Admission & Sephardic dessert are FREE.

Movie: DENIAL.  Deborah Lipstadt is an American professor of Holocaust studies whose speaking engagement is disrupted by David Irving, a Nazi Germany scholar.  He files a lawsuit in the UK against Lipstadt and her publisher for declaring him a Holocaust denier in her books.  As in the UK, the burden of proof in a libel case lies with the accused, Lipstadt and her legal team led by solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton, must prove that Irving lied about the Holocaust.  Historical drama based on true story.

English Language, 110 minutes, 2016, Film by Gary Foster & Russ Krasnoff, 
Discussion speaker: TBA

Sponsors: Jewish Federation of Portland, NCSY Organization, Albert J. & Esther Menashe, Richard & Judi Matza, Charles & Jo Levy, Ron & Pam Sidis, Renee Ferrera, Eve Stern & Les Gutfreund, Michael Menashe.