Newspaper says it's hip to be Jewish

[Hellcat]

"For young gentiles it's cool to be mistaken for a Jew and to greet each other with the words shalom and mazeltov. Such shifts occur after the minority group's sense of itself has changed. Only then is the outer world willing to follow".

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/19/1074360694789.html