Lost tribe of Westwood

I had the pleasure of hearing a Jewish Rabbi speak tonight. I was entrigued by something I don't know if anyone else caught. The Rabbi continually referred to the Jewish people as Jews. In todays society of political correctness, the term Jews would be offensive coming from anyone else. He said it without hesitating and without a sence of impropriety. If I refered to a Jewish person as a Jew, I would be called insinsitive.