Hateful Jews

Part of why I got pissed off was that you flew off on white americans not being able to sympathize with black jews from africa.

I, too, have been guilty of responding to OmSigDAVID's specific questions
about the causes of anti-Jewish feelings

. . . (3) the Jewish/Arab (or, more accurately Israeli/Palestinian) issue is so emotionally charged
that it's virtually impossible for most posters to take an objective, unbiased view.

I doubt very much that the video accurately reflects the general sentiments of the majority of Israeli citizens, whether Jewish or Gentile;

POINT OF INFORMATION, if I may, Foofie (or anyone):
it seems to me from casual observation of history
that Jews have been singular & unique (except the Gypsies,
but obviously, there is a good reason for that; getting Gypped)
in experiencing ill will or negative feeling toward them.
(Other groups have had it e.g., the Armenians from the Turks,
but not as commonly nor as chronically as the Jews.)

Maybe I 'm naive, but I dont know of any reason
for anti-Jewish sentiments. The Jews whom I 've known
have been innocent and honorable. Thay have been
good friends, whose company I have enjoyed. I have never
had any reason to complain about Jews.

It seems odd to me that thay have had so much trouble thru world history.
Do u have any ideas as to the reason for those historical anti-Jewish problems?
To what shud their troubles be attributed ?


David

OmSigDAVID wrote:

It seems odd to me that thay have had so much trouble thru world history. gentile Europeans
Do u have any ideas as to the reason for those historical anti-Jewish problems?
To what shud their troubles be attributed ?

That's an easy one. It's attributable simply to the fact that throughout history the Jews living among gentile Europeans deviated in their customs and behaviour quite significantly from the cultural norms set by the dominant culture, i.e. Christian Europe. They were hated for no other reason than that they were different, not conforming to the folkways of the people among whom they dwelt.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

It seems odd to me that thay have had so much trouble thru world history. gentile Europeans
Do u have any ideas as to the reason for those historical anti-Jewish problems?
To what shud their troubles be attributed ?

Lustig Andrei wrote:

That's an easy one. It's attributable simply to the fact that throughout history the Jews living among gentile Europeans deviated in their customs and behaviour quite significantly from the cultural norms set by the dominant culture, i.e. Christian Europe. They were hated for no other reason than that they were different, not conforming to the folkways of the people among whom they dwelt.

Really?
I wonder if Foofie agrees.
In my observation of Jews in NY, especially in NY Mensa,
including my Jewish girlfriends who lived with me (seriatim),
Jews do not discernibly differ; indistinguishable in their conduct,
except regarding holidays from work. (I never took particular notice
of what anyone orders in restaurants.) The Jews whom I have in mind
made a particular point of identifying themselves as being Jewish
(some of them doing so several times) otherwise, I 'd not necessarily
have known whether or not thay were Jewish; my point is that
I have not found them to be as different in their folkways as u say.

David

You're talking about 20th Century America, David. Anti-Semitism is not a major problem here today. I'm talking about the entire history of the Jewish diaspora, primarily in Europe. Also, I doubt that any of the Jews you befriended -- or who befriended you -- were of the Orthodox variety (which is the only kind of Jew that existed in the Middle Ages). I doubt that you'd interact quite as easily in a group of Chassidim.

... Not only that, but you refer to Europe as if it was one homogeneous entity, just like America, with a federal government. Europe is a collection of separate counties with separate laws, cultures and races.

Actually, we are all Africans, and belong to the human race.

That bears repeating.