“You have American Jews, who are the ‘let me help you with your tax return’ Jews,” he said. “And you have Israeli Jews, who are the ‘hold my machine gun while I take a leak’ Jews.”Anyone want to argue with that wisdom?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
American Jews and Israelis: brothers from different mothers
Kvetching in PresenTense about being a "single, twenty-something Jewish coquette" expected to marry a nice Jewish boy, my friend Rachel Axelbank explains why she finds herself much more attracted to Israelis. As a point of reference, she mentions the guards who issued our security clearance before we met last summer with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert -- they apparently shot her glances that I, fortunately, didn't receive -- and quotes Jon Stewart on the differences between our Jews and theirs:
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She wins hands down. But tell us now what the difference is between the Israeli Jewish woman, and the American Jewish woman?
I'm not sure. I'm married.
Actually, here's a better answer that my wife would agree with: Natalie Portman.
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