Shalom. Hello, what is up, what is good. Welcome to How to Be a Jew. I'm your host, Courtney Hazlitt,

joined as ever by the glowing rabbi, Diana Furstco. Your lighting is impeccable today.

You always say that when I'm doing this from my office, and I so appreciate it. It's good to see you.

It's because you're closer to Hashem when you're at your synagogue. Well, I'm closer to the Torah, so I feel like maybe that's true. It's good to see you. It's because you're closer to Hashem when you're at your

synagogue. Well, I'm closer to the Torah, so I feel like maybe that's true. It's Torah vibes. I like that.

Give a warm welcome also to Josh Cross. Hey. Hey, not as well lit, but that's okay. Only one of us can be

dressed in white and glowing. Sorry, I'm happy. No, that's terrific. Okay, so on this show, we have spent a lot

of time in part, thanks to guests like Darrowhorn, but also just because we feel it's important,

talking about how there's more to the Jews than the Holocaust, and there's more to Jewish film

than just the Holocaust. Even though we have discussed some that are quite excellent,

there's a lot more to put out there in terms of art that elevates and highlights smart Jewish people,

smart Israelis, and I'm really excited to get to do more of that today. I've really always been

interested in different types of art, whether it be painting or sculpture or music.

And today we get to talk about architecture, which from a pure creation point of view, I've always find fascinating.

Please don't turn this off because someone just promoted talking about architecture.

I'm joking because sometimes it sounds like the most boring'm joking because like sometimes it sounds like

the most boring. On the surface, it sounds like it should be fascinating. How does a building interact with

the earth? How does the building and the earth like welcome a person? What is the person's role in

that structure? All those things. But the conversations can often be extremely esoteric, hence the

boring.

And in this case, we're so lucky to have on the show today.

Yael Malamid, she's the director of a film Ada, my mother, the architect.

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