[rbg81]

They [Jews] should ask themselves the question, 'Why have they been so hated for 3000 years that there has been pogrom after pogrom in country after country? The answer to that one is easy for anyone who has read the Bible passage where Moses is shown the Burning Bush. That has turned out to be, perhaps, the most prophetic passage of the Bible. The Jews exist to serve G-d and keep his word. The price of that is that they will constantly be tested in a variety of ways--ranging from obstracism to genocide. Even the "Golden Ages" that Jews enjoy from time to time (like the one they have experienced in America) are a test of sorts. It becomes oh-so-easy to blend in, become secular, and forget your faith. This is why there are so few Jews, even though they have been around so long. Like the Marines, the Jews will always be the few and the proud. Unlike them, they will enjoy little glory--on Earth at least.

[gcruse]

" This is why there are so few Jews, even though they have been around so long.'

The Holocaust didn't help.

[Misterioso]

So, that means it is "G-d's Will" or in the Middle East it's "Allah's Will" that the Jews are persecuted. That makes sense.

[RinaseaofDs]

What an excellent, eloquent answer.

[buck61]

I would add to the fact the Bible(Old Testament)explains the Jews as going astray from the word of God. I have noticed every time the Jews disobeyed God they would suffer for their sins. I like thinking of it as the fatted calf.

When the Jews had plenty and life was going well for them they turned their back on God, then the suffering would start again.

Forty years wondering in the desert for disobeying God should have been a good lesson, but apparently not.

Wonder if voting for democrats would count? Abortion, gay rights, anything liberal.

[RobbyS]

Not always a few. In the Roman empire, they were about ten percent of the population around the time of Christ. The Temple was the largest public building in the Roman world. The revolt in the early 2nd Century came close to toppling Roman rule in the eastern Med.

[antivenom]

I think another reason Jews are hated is that they have been family centered first and didn't have to depend on a "community" for their success. From the earliest Jews have been nomadic and have fled many countries and anti-semetic cultures time and time and time again.

Therefore the Jews became more than wise with this lifestyle, since they were run from countries, cities over many years they became very efficient with ways to earn income.

One excellent way to become successful is to develop a lifestyle that can be easily picked up and moved...generally being a doctor, lawyer and money lender allowed that freedom. Whereas being having a living that required assets could be stressful...hard to flee a town with the assets but you can always flee with your intellect.

So over a period of time, Jews were eyed with distrust because when they would enter a a non Jewish culture, they brought their intellect, they brought "services" that could not be stolen, or destroyed. The doctors, lawyers and money lenders could easily pack up and move on, and this left communities that were stuck with one and other resentful because needed services that the Jews had brought could simply pack up and move on.