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Over the past several years, there has been a noticeable uptick in anti-Semitic rhetoric and incidents from college campuses in the United States to terrorist attacks against Jews throughout Europe and, in 2018 and 2019, the tragic hate crimes at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and Poway Synagogue outside San Diego. Marin County has also not been immune, with anti-Semitic symbols found in county schools this past school year. A hatred long thought to be laid to rest, anti-Semitism from both sides of the political spectrum has again become a visible part of American society. No one knows this issue better than Deborah Lipstadt, a professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory University. Actress Rachel Weisz portrayed Lipstadt in Denial, a film based on her book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier. Lipstadt's new book, Antisemitism: Here and Now, has been hailed as one of the most important works on the issue. Where is this hatred coming from? Is there any significant difference between left-wing and right-wing anti-Semitism? What role has the anti-Zionist movement played? And what can be done to combat this latest manifestation of an ancient hatred? Please join us as Lipstadt makes a special visit to Marin County to discuss these questions and what can be done about the the rise of anti-Semitism locally and nationally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Denial - (Biography, Drama) Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel. Director: Mick Jackson Writers: David Hare (screenplay), Deborah Lipstadt (based on the book "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier") Stars: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall - IMDb Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Overcast, RadioPublic, etc. RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4673419.rss For more, follow Movies First on Facebook, twitter, Google+, and Clammr: Facebook - @moviesfirst twitter - @ moviesfirst Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/8p-OaB Clammr - http://www.clammr.com/app/moviesfirst If you're enjoying Movies First, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #movies #cinema #entertainment #podcast #reviews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Director Mick Jackson discusses his new film, Denial, with Jeremy Kagan. Based on the book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier, the film follows Deborah Lipstadt's court battle against David Irving, who sues her for libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier.
One of the nation's foremost experts on Holocaust denial and modern anti-Semitism, Lipstadt's 2005 book, "History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving," is the story of her libel trial in London against Irving, who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and right wing extremist.The now-famous libel trial occurred when Irving sued Lipstadt over her 1993 book, "Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory," the first full-length study of the history of those who attempt to deny the Holocaust. The case grew into a six-year legal battle in which Lipstadt prevailed.
When Professor Deborah Lipstadt published Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth & Memory, she couldnt imagine that her next book would be detailing the trial she won when Holocaust denier David Irving sued her for libel. In this talk, presented at the Osher Marin JCC, Lipstadt speaks about History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier and about the state of anti-semitism today, particularly on college campuses.