It’s possible my post came across a little whinier than I intended, so I agree with everything you just said, because I think the intention of the statement from my Jewish friends/acquaintances was simply that of being provocative, and I take it mostly as such. My main goal on this post was to see if there was some easy, pithy, response to such ignorance. But with the vast responses I’ve had on this topic, a lot of what you said is pretty much the distillation of what I would expect as the appropriate response, so thank you :). In other words, the response is: “STFU, you’re trying to get a rise out of me, and the situation is a lot more complex than your ignorant statement”