Nothing surprises me anymore and I certainly understand the migration to Israel by jewish people from France and the US lately.
I can't believe some of the anti-Semitic garbage getting spewed in public these days and its frightening.
Abraham wasn't kidding when he wrote that God would "bless those who bless and curse those who curse" (bad paraphrase on my part).
Take heart. There are still many Christians who stand beside Israel and her people, and it's got nothing to do with prophecy.
I'm in the same boat...I don't look Jewish in the conventional way and I've never had a Jewish name. The things people say is astounding. This year, especially, I have felt more fear for the future than ever before. And that's why what he said was so terrible. He is an INTERNATIONAL celebrity and this will be printed everywhere. He's just as responsible for what he says as the Dixie Chicks are. And IMO, what he said was far more damaging than what they said. To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement. Unlike many of my friends and relatives..I defended him against the accusations that he was anti-semetic and that THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST was his vehicle to display it. But now ALL those critics are sitting and having their I TOLD YOU SO moment. And everyone who praised Gibson for that should be disappointed as well.
I am Swedish-Norwegian, but my last name sounds very Jewish. I can't remember the last time I personally heard an anti-Semetic remark. :^)
"I am jewish with a decidedly unjewish last name. You would probably not be surprised at the hateful antisemitic comments I have heard from people who would never have made such comments if they'd known I was jewish."
In the US? Actually I am surprised. I've never heard an antisematic remark by friends or anybody in my life. I can't imagine why anybody would feel that way. I am very sorry this happens to you.
I am in a similar situation, I am a Catholic with a Jewish sounding last name. I never hear anti-Semitic remarks, but I do find out occasionally that people thought I was Jewish, so maybe people don't make those kind of remarks about Jews around me. However, many don't know I'm Catholic either, and I can't believe the remarks that I do hear about Catholics.