Goy

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{{cquote|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. Evaporated milk is goyish even if the Jews invented it. Chocolate is Jewish, and fudge is goyish. [[Spam]] is goyish, and rye bread is Jewish. [[African American|Negroes]] are all Jews. [[Italian]]s are all Jews. [[Irish]]men who have rejected their religion are Jews. Mouths are very Jewish. And [[Breast|bosoms]]. Baton-twirling is very goyish.|||Lenny Bruce<ref>''The Essential Lenny Bruce'' (1967) Ballantine Books.</ref>}}
'''Goy''' (גּוֹי) is the [[Hebrew]] word for "[[nation]]" (plural ''goyim'', גּוֹיִים), and it appears numerous times in the [[Bible]], usually in the phrase "goy kadosh", which directly translates to "holy nation".<ref name = "ISB">{{cite web
 | editor = {{wpl|James Orr (theologian) |James Orr}}
 | encyclopedia = {{wpl| International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}}
 | title = [http://www.internationalstandardbible.com/G/goiim.html Goiim]
 | url = 
 | accessdate = January 13, 2012
 | year = 1939
 | publisher = {{wpl| William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company}}
 | volume = 2
 | location = {{wpl| Grand Rapids, Michigan |Grand Rapids}}
}}</ref> In modern contexts, however, it refers to anyone who is not [[Judaism |Jewish]], and is usually invoked as a [[dog whistle]]. Among Hebrew- and Yiddish-speakers the term is standard for referring to non-Jews, and has no racist or xenophobic connotations.{{Citation needed}} English-speakers often regard the word as derogatory, and may employ the terms "gentile" or "non-Jew" instead. Google's dictionary defines the term as informal and derogatory.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=goyim&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS776US776&oq=goy&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i59j69i65l2j69i60.1728j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 “goy”]. "google.com".</ref> The Oxford English Dictionary regards the noun as often pejorative, but not the adjective.<ref>''goy, n.'' and ''adj.'', ''Oxford English Dictionary''.</ref>

While Jewish people in the diaspora often frivolously use the term, the term is often employed by [[crank]]s, [[antisemitism|antisemites]], and [[conspiracy theorists]] to make [[International Jewish Conspiracy|Jewish people sound racist]]. If someone uses the term "goy" in an argument having to do with the [[Federal Reserve]], [[Israel]], [[Zionism]], or any other possible [[crank magnet]], chances are you are arguing with a [[racist]] lunatic and it is not worth continuing. If they use any variation on the anti-semitic cliche "[[Oy vey]], the goyim know, shut it down!", then those chances shoot up to a near-certainty.

There is a recurring [[canard]] among conspiracy theorists and antisemites alike that the term "goyim" means "cattle" in Hebrew.<ref>[http://www.viewzone.com/g-tora.html "Is Israel a Racist Nation?"]. ''viewzone.com''.</ref><ref>[http://rense.com/general86/talmd.htm "Jewish Talmudic Quotes - Facts Are Facts"]. ''rense.com''.</ref> The actual Hebrew word for "cattle" is "bakar" (בָּקָר). As noted above, the word 'goy' translates to "nation", including that of Israel.

The term "[[Sabbath|shabbos]] goy" <ref group=note>"Shabbos" and "Shabbes" are the Yiddish equivalent of the Hebrew "Shabbat" (sabbath). Yiddish is spoken primarily by Ashkenazi Jews, who are often the specific target of antisemitic conspiracy theories.</ref> refers to a non-Jew who does work for Jews that observant Jews are otherwise not allowed to do during the [[Sabbath]] due to religious restrictions.<ref>{{see-wp|Shabbos goy}}</ref> Antisemites also often use the term to refer to people who are alleged to be doing the "dirty work" for the Jews.

==See also==
*[[Dhimmi]]
*[[Anglo-Saxon Foundation#"Goy cabal"|"Goy Cabal" on Wikipedia]]

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