“Hey,” the man inquired “are you a Jew?”

“Guilty as charged,” Rossen smiled faintly and returned to his newspaper.

“You ashamed of it?” the man asked

“Didn’t have much choice,” Rossen shrugged and wondered if he should leap out at the next stop.

“Ya look Jewish,” the man sniffed.

“How depressing,” Rossen joked “you make it sound like the Innsmouth look.”