I am sure there are many opinions but here is my take.
1. The Jews project an appearance of a lack of a sense of nationality.
Jewish Americans, Jewish Germans,or Jewish anything are perceived to be American Jews and German Jews etc. Not a part of the society but living within it.
2. Jews are a successful group within the societies they live in, and this brings jealousy and resentment on them. They are disproportunately represented at the top level of our Government and in the liberal media
3. They know that goy societies are not going to give them any extra help,and are in fact prejudiced against them, so they have to make it on their own, and are so motivated to succeed.
4. Jews don't go around trying to convert people to Judaism so their numbers can only grow by birthing. So they will always be a minority and suffer the slings and arrows of the majority.
5. Most of the people the Jews come in contact with are Christians and Muslims which IMHO are heretical outgrowths of Judaism, which would tend to make the Christians and Moslems look down on the Jews who missed the message of Christ and Mohammed.
6. They are big supporters of socialism which tends to turn conservatives against them.
Fire away- tom
That one is way, way out of date. These days, American Jews are as American as apple pie, and identify themselves as American, first and foremost, and are viewed that way. At least that is my perception.
Jew hatred is at a very low ebb on the fruited plain these days. America just keeps getting better, and better. JMO.
Not any of them that I knew. Two were my next door neighbors in Plano Texas for Pete's sake. One was from Memphis or somewhere in Tennessee, the others were from Missouri, she from Kansas City, he from St. Louis. Her parents could, if they were still living (which they might be, but doubtful, they were OLD when they had her), having come through the death camps that Irving says didn't exist. His family, great grandparents I think, came in through the port of Galveston, rather than Ellis Island, around 1900 sometime. She used to like to dress up as a witch, big nose, green face, and all, for Halloween. Can't get much more part of Americana than that. She made a great witch too, having her own long dark hair, and other witch-like features, only the nose and skin color were artificial, scared the pee right out of a few little kids.
They did celebrate Hanneka rather than Christmas, and Passover rather than Easter. They especially liked the Fourth of July. and he is gun owner. My younger daughter and their older one were great friends. They also owned a timber shepherd, who thought she was a cat.
Not everywhere. Pre 1900, Jews in Poland and Russia were farmers, small shopkeepers and pretty much the lower level of society. Not all of them of course.
OTOH, not a few Jews in Italy, Spain, Turkey, especially Turkey, were the "rich bankers and merchants" of the stereotype.
6. They are big supporters of socialism which tends to turn conservatives against them.
That's a recent thing, late 19th and 20th century mostly. Jews were persecuted and hated long before then.