Bert,
      I don't think that I look like the stereotypical Jew. I have a beard but it is nowhere as long as Osama's. However, this neighborhood is 90% Orthodox Jewish and many of the bank's depositors are Hasidic, so I just blend in with the crowd rather than sticking out like a sore thumb. It's not like I was an unknown person at this bank either. I frequently make deposits for my wife and both, the teller and the branch manager know who I am. It's just that MY social security number and photo ID are not on file here, and I was not about to give it to them just to satisfy "big brother's" paranoia.

                                                 SOL ZELLER