[net.religion.jewish] lenny bruce on goyim

dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (GREEN) (06/05/84)

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	Now, a lot of people say, "Well, that's certainly not a 
very nice attitude, you know.  You'll bring back the
racial hatred."  But I'm going to tell you something about
that.  See, I neologize Jewish and Goyish.   There's like, the
literal meaning-first I'll start with goyish, cause it'll
really knock you out.  Dig this. Goy-"one who is not
civilized, one who is not Mormon, one who is not
Jewish." It's "heathen," that's what goyish means. Now, a
Jew-dictionary style-"one who is descended from the 
ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded to have
descended from that tribe."
	Now I neologize Jewish and goyish. Dig: I'm Jewish.
Count Basie's Jewish. Ray Charles is Jewish. Eddie Can-
tor's Goyish. B'Nai Brith is goyish; Hadassah, Jewish.
Marine corps-heavy goyim, dangerous.  Koolaid is goy-
ish.  All Drake's Cakes are goyish. Pumpernickel is
Jewish, and as you know, white bread is very goyish.
Instant potatoes-goyish.  Black Cherry soda's very Jew-
ish, Macaroons are very Jewish-very Jewish cake. Fruit
salad is Jewish. Lime jello is goyish. Lime soda is very
goyish.  Trailer parks are so goyish that Jews won't go
near them.  Jack Paar show is very goyish. Underwear 
is definitely goyish.  Balls are goyish.  Titties are Jewish.
Mouths are Jewish.  All Italians are Jewish.  Greeks are 
goyish-bad sauce.  Eugene O'Neill-Jewish; Dylan Thomas,
Jewish. Steve (Lawrence) is goyish, though. Its the hair.
He combs his hair in the boy's room with that soap all
the time

THE ESSENTIAL LENNY BRUCE compiled and edited by John Cohen.
Copyright 1967 by Ballantine books.
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I hope that a little humor can end the discussion of the use
of the word goyim.  The connotation is negative, only if you 
want it to be.

Shalom,
David Seth Green  AT&T Bell Labs   201-564-4468  path  ..mhuxi!dsg