a shanda for the goyim

A shameful act by a Jewish person that confirms negative Jewish stereotypes held by non-Jews.Goyim is a (sometimes disparaging) Yiddish word for gentiles; "shanda" is a Yiddish word for "shame" or "scandal." I guess you could see Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme as a shanda for the goyim, but most people I know focused on his crime rather than his religious affiliation. I'm sure Jewish mobsters were seen as a shanda for the goyim, especially back in their heyday.