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Remember the old Lenny Bruce routine where he declares some objects “Jewish” and others “goyish”? Count Basie, Hadassah, pumpernickel, and black cherry soda: Jewish. Eddie Cantor, B’nai Brith, Drake’s cakes, and lime Jello, on the other hand, clearly goyish. The sketch was funny, of course, because it contained a thin streak of cultural insight cloaked in the absurdity of being so arbitrary. I’m reminded of Bruce’s routine in the ongoing debate, highlighted again by last …