What is the reason behind anti-Semitism??

Question

Okay first off I hope not to offend anyone and if I do unknowingly I apologize. Anyway, I was reading an article in Newsweek about Michael Bloomberg. They said in the article he was Jewish and when his family tried to buy a house in some neighbordhood the owner didn't want to be the first to sell to a Jewish family. Okay let me get to the point. If Newsweek didn't state Michael Bloomberg was Jewish I wouldn't have known I mean he looks white. So in my head I'm thinking white poeple being prejudice agaisnt white people that would make no sense. Unless Jewish people aren't white. So I want to know are Jewish people white and if not why aren't they considered white??

Answer 1

Communities, especially in the 40s were very homogeneous. There were Irish Catholic communities, there were Black American communities, there were Black immigrant communities, there were Jewish communities, there were Chinese communities and so many more - people lived separate lives with businesses to go to that reflected their culture. First the communities of the same "color" with similar religions started to blend their communities. A specific nationality became less important - but religion and skin color remained so.

Catholics and Protestants blended in the 50s. I remember growing up in a "protestant" community and knowing exactly who was Catholic and thinking / being taught I was a little better than they were. There was one Jewish family and they always seemed like outsiders.

Jewish families congregated together in communities to be close to their synagogue. The more a family car became the norm - the farther the Jewish family could move from the synagogue. But most people had already become entrenched in living in a cultural monopoly and did not want to became a minority. This in part was /is reinforced by more conservative Jews not wanting their children to marry outside their faith. One way to prevent this from happening is to live in homogeneous communities.

People who are Jewish don't necessarily identify as white or any other color as their cultural/ religious identity as Jews is far more important to them. And this sets them apart and sadly sets them up to be discriminated against.

Answer 2

Bloomberg is a Jewish name ... most adults know that.

Anti-semitism is ignorant bigotry ... pure and simple.

The Jews have been the target of bigotry for centuries. It just so happens that their culture places a high premium on intelligence and education. As a result, the average Jew is more affluent than the average man on the street. Ignorant people resent the Jews for that ... they're jealious.

Adolf Hitler made the Jews "the scapegoat" for the German people during his Third Reich (Nazism). He diverted the German peoples attention from their real problems and wrongly blamed everything on the Jews. For some unexplained reason (to this date) the German people bought that load of crap and were responsible for murdering 6 million Jews. Germany still suffers great guilt for their barbarism and ignorance.

The same question can be asked, why do white people in Northern Ireland kill eachother because they are Protestant or Catholic? I mean, they look the same and speak the same language. What gives?

Ignorance.

Answer 3

It's not so much the skin colour anymore, it has evolved to people just flat out not liking anyone who follows the Jewish religion. They could be black, white, chinese, hispanic, south african, if they're Jewish, they'll be discrimated against.

Answer 4

It isn't just a black and white issue. Would you say Hispanics are white? Jewish people have their own racial characteristics just like every other race. Just keep in mind that we all bleed red.

Answer 5

This was in 1947. This wouldn't happen now. It would be nice if you pointed this important little fact out.

So far as anti-semitism is concerned: That goes back a long, long way, and it is very, very complicated. Try Google.

Answer 6

It's not their race, it is their actions. It is the way Israel drains money from America. It's because we must fight wars in the Middle East just to protect them yet Israel gives us NOTHING in return. We pay Israel to put Palestinians in refugee camps. Israel doesn't even return the favor and give America ANYTHING in return. A true friendship is not one sided. They also control the Media; notice the negative stereotypes about many ethnic groups being enforced by the day. Have you ever noticed what messages the media moguls are sending to your children?

Answer 7

I never understood anti-semitism. I went to Israel a while back. It was cool. I respect what those people are about and for enduring what they do. Most of all, I dig jews because they kill a lot of Arabs.

Answer 8

it's not a jews and whites thing it's a jews and gentiles thing.
i was raised to be christian and i was always told that judaism preceded christianity and so without jews christians have no religion and should therefore always respect the jews, but some christians were taught that the jews maliciously killed jesus and should be hated.

Answer 9

Fear, mis-understanding, contempt, an entire group paying for the bad ways of a few, and ignorance.

Answer 10

There are many forms of discrimination. Sometimes it's religious differences.