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Jon Stewart, one of the sharpest men in America. His assessment of the difference between American Jews and Israelis wasn’t as good as his answer for Larry King, but it’s still worth mentioning:
“You have American Jews, who are the ‘let me help you with your tax return’ Jews. And you have Israeli Jews, who are the ‘hold my machine gun while I take a leak’ Jews.”