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Jewish boys are generally [[Nice Guy|Nice Guys]]. 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 -- 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]] may also ask their daughters to find one of these, or indeed their sons to find "a nice Jewish girl".
 
[[The Other Wiki]] has an article about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_Jewish_boy "Nice Jewish boy"].
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