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From: minow@decvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Usage of the Word Goy
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Date: Sat, 9-Jun-84 23:00:06 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  9 23:00:06 1984
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"Non-Jew" is a perfectly good English word for describing non-Jews.
If the non-Jews in the audience think "goy" is offensive, that is a
pretty good reason to avoid the word.  (And, do note that the English
word "goy" is not the same as the Hebrew word "goy".)

While I'm on the topic, it seems to me that there is altogether
too much random Hebrew being used -- where English words would
be accurate and appropriate.

Martin Minow
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