I can’t find anything corroborating this (most sources I checked stated ~ski just meant ‘comes from ~’ in the name kinda, so you may want to be careful about what you “learn”.
That’s peculiar it’s pretty common knowledge where I’m from. Polish people are a sort of exception but many Polish Jews historically were forced to become Christian because of pogroms and such unfortunately. Maybe that’s why? As I read more online it seems to be associated with Polish people rather than Jews so go figure.
Edit: Ohhhh it’s because most Polish immigrants to the U.S. were Jewish but not all of course. Hence the confusion. A lot of Jews left Poland when WW2 was breaking out for obvious reasons
41 years old and this is news to me, and I consider myself a teeny bit more informed about things like this than the average American.
I can’t find anything corroborating this (most sources I checked stated ~ski just meant ‘comes from ~’ in the name kinda, so you may want to be careful about what you “learn”.
Examples: https://theskilesson.com/why-do-polish-names-end-in-ski-discover-the-fascinating-reason-behind-it/ states it may have helped popularize it a bit (presumably by having the place whence they came in the name?) but I don’t think the above poster’s statement is actually true here considering the link and several others I checked.
That’s peculiar it’s pretty common knowledge where I’m from. Polish people are a sort of exception but many Polish Jews historically were forced to become Christian because of pogroms and such unfortunately. Maybe that’s why? As I read more online it seems to be associated with Polish people rather than Jews so go figure.
Edit: Ohhhh it’s because most Polish immigrants to the U.S. were Jewish but not all of course. Hence the confusion. A lot of Jews left Poland when WW2 was breaking out for obvious reasons
Thanks for the additional context/info! :)