Why? The reasons (or should I say "excuses") are as old as prejudice itself...
Economic ~ People hate Jews because they possess too much wealth and power.
Chosen People ~ People hate Jews because they arrogantly claim they are the chosen people.
Scapegoats ~ Jews are a convenient group to single out and blame for troubles.
Deicide ~ (the killing of a deity) People hate Jews because they killed Jesus.
Outsiders ~ People hate Jews because they are different than they are.
Racial Theory ~ People hate Jews because they believe them an inferior race.
On can only assume because frankly, hatred of the Jews is ancient and nearly universal. Some believe (including many Jewish Scholars) the real reason they're hated is because......the Jews are right...
There is no easy answer, but there are literally 100's of books on the subject you could read
2006-06-09 11:31:30
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answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6
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There's one thing to get here: ego which equals fear. Humans have historically had a hard time with any other groups of humans which represent "otherness" -- think junior high or high school, and the people who were shunned or ostracized as being weird, different, too this, not enough this, etc. Same thing, larger scale. Put the power of life or death behind it, and you get genocide and pogroms.
There are only two emotions: love or fear. An action, feeling, thought or belief is right if it comes from love, and builds up other people, acknowledges them as they are, accepts them as they are, seeks to bridge gaps, etc. Anything else comes from fear.
Ultimately we are all human, no matter anything else. Skin color does not matter; religion does not matter. Where in the world we come from does not matter. None of it matters except that we love each other. But humans being humans, if we loved each other, suddenly, no one would be "special" anymore, and that, it seems, is why hatred exists in the first place: so some people will be, as in Animal Farm, more equal than others.
Because we have egos, we cannot stand to think of a world where everyone is absolutely equal and no one is special. So we create specialness -- special love, special hate -- with our egos. So some people, ideas, religions, skin colors, genders, younameit are "in" while others are "out".
Success breeds fear, and the Jews are a phenomenally successful people. The archetype of "the scholar" is embedded in their culture, as is the archetype of "successful professional". People and cultures who aren't as successful, who aren't as special, see this and become enraged, and look for ways to break the Jews (or anyone) who is "more special" than they are. Nazism and the Holocaust is a horrifically extreme example of the ego on a wild rampage, unchecked by almost unlimited power, social conformism, and tons and tons of fear permeating every level of society.
When we put aside our egos, or keep making a concerted effort to overcome our egos, we become like Jesus Christ, Buddha or Mohammed, or any of the great teachers out there. No one is special, not even us, and without our fearful little egos, that inner light of pure love and pure acceptance shines forth. Basically we "get out of our own way" and let our true divinity show forth.
Remember hatred and exclusion come from fear, and fear is not real. The only thing that is real and lasting and true, is love.
2006-06-09 11:21:21
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answered by Kate 4
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This is not a pleasant thing to talk about but jews have been working to dilute cultural identity everywhere they chose to live so that they can maintain their own culture without having to assimilate. That was a BIG mistake. Several of their techniqies have backfired and resulted in heinous monstrousities. Marxism, in particular, spawned national socialism (nazism), communism and our current plague, liberalism. Each of these has attempted to exterminate jews or at least caused them tremendous harm (it is the nature of monsters to destroy their creators) directly. Indirectly, the weaknesses they have instilled in the dominate cultures of the world has left them unable to effectively protect people, especially jews from the evil of islam.
The only solution to this is a wholesale rejection of marxism and similar constructs and a return to intense cultural identification. Rather than being an inimical force to jewish identity, it is a PROTECTIVE one. And like it or not, judaism has failed to resist assimilation. Mostly, they intermix with us and have BECOME of us, but even in the cases where they maintain seperation, they still THINK like us and we share values. Assimilation is a fact and should be embraced.
2006-06-09 11:18:08
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answered by Anonymous
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People are just close-minded. There are Jew-haters, Christian-haters, Muslim-haters, and haters for every religion and race out there. I try not to let those people ruin my day. I don't want to surround myself with hate and discrimination.
2006-06-09 11:12:01
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answered by Anonymous
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I think part of it is ignorance and just plain hatred of a group that you aren't a part of. I'm just not sure.
By the way, I try to judge a person based on their character not what group they belong to.
2006-06-09 11:12:03
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answered by akknaley 3
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A. They are not the master race, and yes I am white as well,
B. You shouldn't be cussin'
C. It is just Satan-induced bigotry. God loves us all. We are all the same in his eyes.
2006-06-09 11:11:41
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answered by Me 2
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No hate in these bones.... I love everyone.. Really.. People even make fun of me for it but... I got no room for hate...
2006-06-09 11:12:37
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answered by omandyyy 2
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OK NO OFFENSE, BUT JEWS DO SUK,
i had few friends and turned out that they all had been usding me, andd all girls jews r all biches
I DUNNO Y, ITS NOT MY FAULT THAT THEY R LIKE DIS I TRIED MY BEST TO B FREINDS WITH THEM
2006-06-09 11:18:09
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answered by ♥Angel♥ 6
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http://www.aish.com/seminars/whythejews/index.htm
This is a MUST SEE presentation on this topic.
2006-06-12 08:09:41
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answered by jewishanswers 2
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jews are white, i it is weird they they are so hated by nazis and stuff
2006-06-09 11:08:43
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answered by xm_wow 2
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