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.

Check them out at Jewishjournal.com.

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

support the podcast, visit to njb.com slash donate. For many, during these times, it's all too

easy to slip into hibernation after a steady diet of Netflix,

while suffering existential angst, anxiety, and apathy. Anything beyond that can seem, well, just too hard.

But let's face it, nothingness, doing nothing, simply breeds more nothingness. So it's no

surprise that the nation that made the desert bloom

has created a whole lot of some things out of this current COVID climate.

Australian-born Israeli, Achi Kushner,

could be considered your typical, intelligent, driven Israeli.

Yet, like most Israelis, there's nothing typical about Achi.

Ache's volunteering has led him to discover the amazing grassroots initiatives

everyday Israelis have developed in helping those affected by the coronavirus.

We are thrilled to be joined today by Avi Kushner to talk about...

Achi. Sorry. Avi Kushner is the actor.

Wait, have I been saying Avi? No, you've been saying Ahri.

It's okay.

It happens a lot.

I wrote Avi.

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