E-Bay Says I Have Earned a “Yellow Star” Rating. Really? “Yellow Star”? What Are They Thinking?

I don’t buy much on E-Bay, but occasionally I do.  Sometimes it is the only place you can find what you want, like an old-style cookie press or a Carlos Zambrano Cubs shirt.  So, last week I received an e-mail from E-Bay saying that I earned a Yellow Star rating by my name.  Apparently, E-Bay thinks this is a good thing.  I don’t, and I don’t want a Yellow Star rating.  Because I know what a Yellow Star means.

In 1941, the Nazis issued a decree requiring all Jews in Germany to wear a yellow star on their clothes, with the word “Jude” (i.e., Jew) inscribed on it.  This was eventually enforced in all Nazi-occupied Europe, except Denmark, where King Christian X is said to have threatened to wear a yellow star himself if Jews in Denmark were required to wear one.  (Three cheers for Denmark.)

That is what a yellow star means, and E-Bay, I don’t want one.  Because yellow stars have an evil history.