(JTA) -- Comedian Jackie Mason called President Obama a "schvartze" during a performance in New York, angering some audience members.
The Web site TMZ reported Sunday that Mason used the term, which means "black" in Yiddish but is considered derogatory by some, during a performance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in New York City on March 12.
TMZ quoted one audience member as saying, "He's more offensive to the Jews than Madoff tonight."
"I'm an old Jew. I was raised in a Jewish family where 'schvartze' was used," Mason told TMZ. "It's not a demeaning word and I'm not going to defend myself."
“Chris Rock has told a lot more jokes about Whites than I have against Blacks,” he said.
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