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Lenny Bruce is smiling: Jew = cool in Netherlands

Lenny Bruce lives on in the Netherlands — a researcher claims the kids there are now using "Jew" as a synonym for cool. OK, OK. That’s not quite what Bruce was saying. But still… (If you don’t get the Lenny Bruce reference, you’re goyish.)

By Ami Eden January 16, 2013 3:18 pm

Lenny Bruce lives on in the Netherlands — a researcher claims the kids there are now using "Jew" as a synonym for cool.

OK, OK. That’s not quite what Bruce was saying. But still…

(If you don’t get the Lenny Bruce reference, you’re goyish.)

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