[Hildy]

As a Jew, I find this incredibly insulting.

[.44 Special]

So, ah. Ya family never worked in the garment industry, huh?

[Bonemaker]

You aren't the only one. I feel your discomfiture. For better or for worse that's what it has been called for centuries. In my experience (I'm old, old school) it has always been in a humorous sense rather than a derogatory stab...almost a term of endearment. I apologize if I offended...not meant that way.

Why do people call arson "Jewish lightning"