This is Aiton Weinstein.

And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

This podcast is made in collaboration with the Jewish Journal.

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Also in collaboration with Arutscheva, Israel National News.com. If you'd like to

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Coming from a long line of musicians and artists, our guest today has been praised by the New York Times as sensational in concert and as a striking virtuoso by the Los Angeles Times.

Her awards and accomplishments are way too long to list, but suffice it to say that she's performed as a solo artist and as a chamber musician

at some of the world's most renowned venues.

Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Suntory Hall at Tokyo.

The list goes on and on and on.

She's serving as a visiting professor at Tel Aviv University here in Israel, and she has been

so kind and brave as to accept our invitation and join us on the podcast today. We are thrilled to be

joined by the amazing cellist, Christina Ryko Cooper. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. I'm thrilled

to be here. So what got into you that you decided to leave your home today and go

out into the zombie infested streets and face the brave world? It's a scary time, isn't it? I have to

say. Look, I actually think Israel is doing pretty well to tell you the truth, right?

And the numbers have been pretty encouraging.

So that's one thing.

But also I wanted to have some fun.

Yeah, it's been too long.

It's been too long.

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