I say that all the time and I’m Jewish, so I think it’s more about whether the intention was offensive or genuinely meant as a joke.

Sadly, as someone who isn't Jewish, my view is that if a non-Jewish person says that, they almost have ill intent. It's one of the things that I think people can joke about themselves that way, but it's almost impossible for an outsider to do it without ill intent.

I thought the joke that spurred this was in poor taste, but didn't have any ill intent. It definitely didn't belong on on that message. I'm not even sure jokes belong there at all. If they do, it'd be a pretty narrow selection of them, in certain circumstances.

Sure and I can agree with that. My point being is that not everyone sees it that way, if someone said it and meant it negatively towards me I still wouldn’t care. They want you to care and be offended, don’t give them that. Does it stop them from doing it in the future? No. Will anything stop them? Who knows. There’s a fine line on these sometimes, I don’t want to ruin the life of someone who maybe made a bad joke one time, because not everyone is bad.

> How about a joke in the context of saving money that said "Must've been done by a Jew"

That's not really the same at all. The difference being one is a self-deprecating joke while the other is not.

To your second point, that's why I think it was a poor translation but I'm just guessing at this point. I agree on the cringe.