This restriction led to the adoption of the stereotypical image of the Jewish moneylender.

We're takin' the wagon yon to a Jewish moneylender there.

As the Jewish moneylender Shylock and heiress Portia, respectively, they are the most lucid observers of a mercenary world.

The gaffe-prone politician used the phrase, derived from the name of the ruthless Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, at a law conference.