Two Jews Choose: Josh Peck & Eliot Glazer Decide if Elon Musk, Piercings, & More Are Jewish or Goyish

It started with standup comedian Lenny Bruce back in the 1960s. He saw the world as absurdly divided between things that were Jewish and things that were goyish.

“Jewish”, he said, is stuff like pumpernickel and fruit salad. White bread and baton twirling, on the other hand, is distinctly “Goyish”. Clearly, he was really poking fun at such categories. And never more so than when we realize that “Jewish”, for Bruce, didn’t even refer, necessarily, to Jews: “If you live in New York or any other big city, you are Jewish. It doesn’t matter even if you’re Catholic; if you live in New York, you’re Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you’re going to be Goyish even if you’re Jewish.”

Newer comedians have picked up the theme. Notably, writer and producer Eliot Glazer has been posting a series of videos reviving the Jewish or Goyish question. In this clip, Glazer and actor Josh Peck consider typing Elon Musk, piercings, arriving late vs. arriving early, Chinese food vs. sushi, burgers vs. hot dogs, and a host of other pairs as either Jewish or Goyish.

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