It's a common slang term, just like how you'd say 'quid' or 'bucks'.

No, don't be daft.

He could just be Israeli... couldn't you say if he used dollars that he was being anti-American? The whole world doesn't use dollars.

shekels is more fun to say than dollars, that's why I use it. Currency is interchangeable, so why not?

> so why not?

Because there's a slur going back millennia against the Jewish people persecuting them as conspiring money-grabbers, and Zuckerberg has Jewish heritage and you were accusing him of being a conspiring money-grabber.

I'm of Jewish heritage, I chuckled at the joke.

Please stop being offended on behalf of other nations and races.

>accusing him of being a conspiring money-grabber.

That's not a far-fetched accusation, is it?

I think the other replies are correct, and this is nothing to be alarmed about. But I don't think you should be downvoted just for asking. Nazis are using new dogwhistles all the time, and infiltrating forums like HN. I don't blame you for having your guard up.