Etymology sidenote- http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Jewish&searchmode=none there are two whole pages here, one interesting bit of trivia states that “Jewish immigrants, ignorant of writing with the Latin alphabet, signed their entry forms with a circle, eschewing the “X” as a sign of Christianity.” The yid word for circle is ‘kikel’. I have used the ‘X’ before and never gave it much …
The Spoils of War 