Yes it does Many Jews even those who aren t aware that there s a prohibition involved feel acutely uncomfortable saying the name of the Christian god I doubt I d be able to find you a reliable source for that widespread phenomenon largely because it doesn t seem all that productive to publish a book about it when we re living in a predominantly Christian society That s why I can t say it in the article But I can say it here on the talk page I ve seen people write Jeezus just to avoid writing his name In the middle ages he was referred to as that man Common usage among English speaking Orthodox Jews is Yoshke or Yushky and there are even Hebrew books where Yeshu is spelled with a mark that identifies it as an acronym as opposed to