ida Archives – Jewish Journal

Hollywood’s Nazi Obsession Makes it Harder to Fight Them Offscreen

Ariel Sobel September 11, 2019

Holocaust film ‘Ida’ wins Oscar

Jewish Journal February 23, 2015

“Ida,” a Polish film about a Catholic novitiate who discovers she is the Jewish child of Holocaust victims, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Oscar nominee ‘Ida’ traces void left by Poland’s murdered Jews

Jewish Journal February 18, 2015

For the past few decades, Holocaust films have been common — and often victorious — fare at the Academy Awards.

What Ida gets right, and wrong

Jewish Journal February 12, 2015

A Polish farmer standing shoulders-deep in a hole he has dug in wet, black dirt, searching for Jewish skeletons. As Poles uncover and handle Jewish bones, past sins, dirty conscience, betrayal, and buried grief return and have to be faced.

Israel bypassed in Oscars race

Tom Tugend December 19, 2014

Israel is out, but a Polish Holocaust-related film is in, as movies from nine countries advanced on Nov. 19 in the Oscar race for best foreign-language film.