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Jewish boys are generally [[Nice Guy|Nice Guys]]s. So are [[Ambiguously Jewish]] ones. They also tend to be [[Self-Deprecation|self-deprecating]], studious, and brainy. Although he may still [[Jews Love to Argue|love to argue]], even when he's arguing, you can still tell he's nice. It's reasonably likely he's a [[All Jews Are Cheapskates|cheapskate]], but he's probably not actually [[Greedy Jew|greedy]]. They're usually [[Adorkable]], because this is a quality favored in Jewish culture as an ideal husband: smart, reliable, and gentle, with a boyish charm.

Even though nice Jewish boys are quite likely to cause [[Matzo Fever]], a character referred to as [[A Nice Jewish Boy]] tends to be unmarried -- heunmarried—he's often referred to as "a nice Jewish boy" by his domineering Jewish Mother, who wants him to get married and [[I Want Grandkids|give her grandchildren]] and is advertising his niceness. [[Jewish Mother|Jewish Mothers]]s may also ask their daughters to find one of these, or indeed their sons to find "a nice Jewish girl".

* Dan Dreiberg, from ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'', is [[Ambiguously Jewish]], but according to [[Word of God]] is actually a lapsed Calvinist. Nonetheless, the fact he behaves a lot like a [[Nice Jewish Boy]] is almost certainly partially responsible for the widespread [[Fanon]] that he's a Jew.

* [[Adam Sandler]] tends to play the [[Nice Jewish Boy]] in about half of his movies, and [[Jerkass]] or [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] in the other half. This is most apparent in ''[[Eight Crazy Nights]]'', wherein he ''[[Used to Be a Sweet Kid|used]]'' [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid|to be a Nice Jewish Boy]] before becoming a [[Jerkass]].

* Simon from the ''[[Mortal Instruments]]'' trilogy.

* Hilariously subverted on the UK version of ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]'', when Sir Alan Sugar berated one of the contestants for not knowing the difference between Kosher meat and Halal meat after claiming he was a 'good little jewish boy' on his application.

* Josh from ''[[Being Human Remake(USA)]]''.

* On [[Seinfeld]], Jerry's mother can't be persuaded that her son isn't a [[Nice Jewish Boy]], although he very obviously is not.

* Sol Star on [[Deadwood]] fits the mold of [[Nice Jewish Boy]] to a tee- which isn't really an asset, considering he lives in a [[The Wild West|Wild West]] town of murderers, thieves, gamblers, and drunks.

* Zachary Ezekiel Rosenblatt Beekerman also known as Zeke from [[Wizards of Waverly Place]] is probably the nicest character on the show. He's so nice, he sometimes blames himself for other people's problems.

* [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Motel the tailor]] in ''[[Fiddler Onon the Roof]]''.

* Tommy Pickels from ''[[Rugrats]]''. It's even invoked in ''[[All Grown Up!]]''.

* In [http://www.cracked.com/video_18405_sex-as-understood-by-adolescent-boys.html this NSFW comedy video], 12 year old Jeffrey seems like such a nice Jewish boy. But -- ''Oy veh!'' -- what—what an imagination he has about his seemingly [[Plain Jane]] mitzvah instructor (whom he sees as a [[Hot Teacher]]).