Daily Podcasts Video Research

Do We Need More Holocaust Content?

JL;DR SUMMARY The article by Esther D. Kustanowitz examines the abundance of Holocaust-themed content in films and TV and questions its impact on audiences. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Holocaust SurvivorsIntergenerational TraumaHolocaust EducationTelevisionJesse EisenbergFilmsHolocaust ContentHolocaust FatigueAward Winning Films

Places mentioned

Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
"That exposure in the late 1980s was part of my Jewish upbringing in Bergen County, N.J. But for many children and adults in the United States, that kind of direct immersion is less common."
Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
"Among the Shoah-connected films at this years festival, which will take place in July in Lenox, Mass., is Soda, which shows the aftermath of the Holocaust and the struggles to rebuild a life in Israel."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Holocaust features and documentaries make up about 20 percent of the programming at the Holocaust Museum LA, located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles."
California, United States
"Since its launch in April 2021, it has funded 101 documentariesabout 30 percent focused on the Holocaust or antisemitism, Grossman said."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"It is a mistake to rely upon media and culture to remedy bigotry, Brownstein said, noting that despite their critical and commercial successes, director Spike Lees Do the Right Thing (1989), about racial tensions between Black and Italian residents in Brooklyn, and Spielbergs Schindlers List (1993) didnt eliminate racism or antisemitism."
Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
"Meanwhile, the constant stream of Holocaust content is not impacting the way people view Jews or the Holocaust itself, said Nathan Abrams, a professor of film at Bangor University in Wales."
Poland
"Jewish pain took center stage at this years Academy Awards: Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for playing one of two cousins on a heritage trip to Poland in A Real Pain, directed by co-star Jesse Eisenberg, while Adrien Brody took Best Actor for his role as an architect finding his way in America after surviving the Holocaust in The Brutalist."
Auschwitz, Bavaria, Germany
"Among them is 999: The Forgotten Girls, an award-winning 2024 film based on a book of the same title by Heather Dune Macadam, about the young women on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz."
Majdanek, Bavaria, Germany
"If the fictional A Real Pain interests people because they like Jesse Eisenberg, and it tells you a little bit about Majdanek, so curiosity is provoked, its a good thing, Maxcy noted."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 56237
Cairo Source ID 44
Retrieved 2025-07-06 05:30:58 UTC
Curated 2025-07-06 08:30:37 UTC