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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 7860362, member: 81887&quot;]A story I heard from a fellow student at college in the early 90s: She is Jewish and grew up in Minnesota. When she was about 12, another girl asked her in complete seriousness if she could feel her head, to see if there were horns.&nbsp; So, this rumor was still current in some areas in the US at least as late as the mid-80s. (1)</p><p><br /></p><p>On a lighter note, this also shows up in the Woody Allen movie &quot;Love and Death&quot;, which is a spoof of &quot;War and Peace&quot; and other 19th century Russian novels.&nbsp; (Yeah, sounds either pretentious or goofy, but trust me, it&#039;s hilarious.)&nbsp; Anyway, in one scene, the boy Boris is talking to a Russian Orthodox priest:</p><p><br /></p><p>Boris: Father, what&#039;s a Jew?</p><p>Priest: You mean you don&#039;t know?&nbsp; Fortunately, I have some engravings.&nbsp; (Pulls out some drawings, which Boris views excitedly.)</p><p>Boris: Wow, do all Jews have these horns?</p><p>Priest: No, that&#039;s only the German Jew.&nbsp; See, the Russian Jew has stripes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(1) Yes, in a courtroom this would be rejected as hearsay evidence.&nbsp; It&#039;s also only one data point.&nbsp; But I think it at least confirms the rumor survived until quite recently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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