Why do you think hatred for jewish people has excisted as long as it has?

Question

Prejudice against or hatred of Jews - known as antisemitism - has plagued the world for more than 2,000 years. The Holocaust, the state-sponsored persecution and murder of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, is history's most extreme example of antisemitism. Yet even in the aftermath of the Holocaust, antisemitism remains a continuing threat.

Answer 1

Look at these empires that have messed with the Jews.
-Babylon
-Greece
-Persia
-Egypt
-Rome
-and others

Jews suffered under all these empires,
and every empire has Fallen!
Nothing left but their ancient Ruins.

Gods Promise to the Jews:

"And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." Genesis 12:3 & 27:29

Answer 2

The Jews continue to exist because they possess the truth.

Regarding "occupation": Arab violence against Jews has been going on long before there was an occupation, long before there was a refugee problem--indeed, long before there was a political Zionist movement. Need I present more painful examples? Perhaps even further back, where I hope everyone will agree that the Zionist movement did not yet come into being:

In the centuries after Muhammad there have been periods when the Jews were able to live in relative peace under Arabs, but their position was never secure. They were generally viewed with contempt by their Arab neighbors, and their survival was always predicated on their abject subordination and degradation to them. Mass murders of Jewish "protected people" started in Morocco as early as the eighth century, where Idris I wiped out whole communities.

A century later Baghdad's Caliph al-Mutawakkil designated a yellow badge for Jews (setting a precedent that would be followed centuries later in Nazi Germany), and synagogues were destroyed throughout Mesopotamia in 854-859. In Tripolitania, Jews were considered the property of their Arab masters, who would bequeath the Jews to their heirs upon death. In the 12th century, after anti-Jewish riots, the contemporaries commented that their population had 'greatly declined.' ( Middle East Digest, September 1999)

As to how to solve the problem, the only way would be for Israel to defeat the Arabs overwhelmingly, and then dictate the terms for peace. Otherwise, the Arabs will never stop trying to destroy Israel.

Answer 3

In Genesis 9:27 Noah said: "May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave."

It was prophesied that Shem would live in tents. Still don't know how this one carries forward just because Noah said it, but anyway.

The mark of the beast is encouraged by the dragon-voiced supporter of the image of the beast (Revelation 13). I think this means that governments have pretenders to the throne right in among them and the gossip is spread around that taking on a physical mark in the flesh will show allegiance to the legitimate government, even though it's likely some renegade doctors and scientists going to town on the general theory of relativity (the general theory of relativity has no electromagnetism in it - it's a model that needs the photoelectric effect or something similar to describe the universe we actually live in) who are seeking mind controlled people to be the victims of medical experiments. It happened in Nazi Germany and I've seen it since then in Australia too.

In any event, according to Galatians 6:15, a new creation is when circumcision and uncircumcision are nothing. With Lamarckian theory and various other evolutionary approaches still being debated on, the significance of circumcision which, as far as I am aware, is still currently practised in Judaism, might seem politically relevant, rather than religiously relevant, as it is to Jews. If it's anything else to Jews, I assume that's a matter of choice, as for Christians who choose to disregard any human allegiances their tattoos might indicate they should show.

Answer 4

Antisemitism from the time of the Holocaust and the couple preceeding centuries were from the Jewish culture itself being seperate and isolated from those around them. They would for a long time dress differently, talk differently, act differently, and generally have many customs in their isolated communities (ghettos) that others around them didn't. They also generally became a wealthy people, which led to jealousy compounding things. Leading u to a short while before the holocaust, antisemitism was on a steady decline as Jews assimilated more and more with their cultures, but in Hitlers Germany, the old prejudice was played upon, in addition to their wealth, and the desire for a scapegoat...

Now, modern anti-antisemitism is almost a completely different entity, mainly stemming from the fact that many see them as having blatantly stolen a large junk of land from the indigenous population.

Answer 5

I think some people do feel economically threatened by the Jewish diaspora and how close-knitted Jewish communities are is something people either admire or use that to incite jealousy (Judaism isn't just a religion, it's very much a culture).

- 28% of Nobel Prize winners are Jews (Jews only make up 0.25% of the world's population).
- Mean IQ scores of Jewish people (Ashkenazi Jews in particular) are the highest of any ethnic group in most of the intelligence tests.
- People of the Jewish faith make up well over a fifth the student body in America's most prominent institutions of higher learning.
- Jewish Americans occupy 7.7% of board seats at U.S. corporations (they constitute about 2.5% of the U.S. population).

There is something special about Jews. They are, after all, the chosen race.

Answer 6

I think some people are repelled by the Jewish people because they are repelled by the Holy God who made the Jewish people. Their rejection of the Jews is really a pushing away of the God of the Jews.

Also, I think prejudice against a person's ethnic background is so irrational that asking "Why" is futile; it assumes there is some logical reason, which there is not.

Some people are small-spirited and look for reasons to hate instead of reasons to love. People who are determined to be like this cannot be reasoned with; God has to reach their heart.

Answer 7

in certain parts of the world it is bad.
Where I am from we dont really care. it is just a joke because many of you have a lot of money and know how to handle it. But I have absolutely no animosity to any race of people.

I have found with any racism if you let it bother you, you give them power.

for example dr a elashi probably has an incredibly small penis, and he vents his frustration on it by blaming your race for his incredibly small coc k. Which of course couldnt be possible but since his penis is so tiny he has surmised that it must have been a curse that jews have done to him.

shrug it off. He is insecure about himself and wants a reason too feel better about his crappy life.

Answer 8

I can't understand it myself. I agree with something Albert Speer said. We have had many maniacs throughout history. The Nazis had at their disposal gas chambers and crematoriums that were not available to the maniacs of the past.
I know Speer collaberated. However he hit the mark on a lot of things in his memoirs.
Also things like that happen when good people keep silent.
God help us all.

Answer 9

Hatred of Jews (which is really hatred of the MESSAGE of the Jews - that is - there is a God and this God expects certain behavior from people) started from Mt. Sinai - where the message was brought down.

"Sinai" is related to the Hebrew word for "hatred".

Answer 10

Because Jews believe in a strong ethic and this makes some people uncomfortable?