“I love dating Jewish women,” he said. “You’re so sensual.” How did he know I was Jewish, I wondered, but of course he knew I was Jewish: large aquiline nose, gigantic cartoon eyeballs, eyelashes long enough to smash against the lenses of my glasses. I had the zaftig figure and ample rack characteristic of my sensual Ashkenazi kin. What did he want me to say, I wondered—thanks? Jewish people really value education, I mumbled.
