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‘Ada: My Mother the Architect’ Is a Love Letter to a Jewish Mother and to the Ideal of Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Ada Karmi-Melamede, an influential Israeli architect, and her profound legacy are explored in the documentary 'Ada: My Mother the Architect,' directed by her daughter Yael. 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'.

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FamilyIsraeli CultureDocumentaryLegacyWorking MothersArchitectureAda Karmi MelamedeSupreme Court BuildingYael Karmi Melamede

Places mentioned

Israel
"Ada, who won the Israel Prize for Architecture in 2007 (the second woman to do so), the answer to this question is, in some ways, straightforward."
New York, United States
"in the movie, like generations of students at Columbia University did over the 14 years that she taught there"
Jerusalem, Israel
"The Supreme Court building that Ada Karmi-Melamede designed with her brother stands still, a miracle of modern architecture, embedded deep in the ground."
United States
"that of leaving her kids behind. After getting rejected for tenure, she moved her work to Israel, working side by side with her brother, iconic Israeli architect Ran Karmi"

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