Seems to me I read somewhere that God said, “These are my chosen people, and I am the Lord.”
I think that one fact accounts for the worldwide jealousy against the Jews.
I think the concept of the “Chosen People” is understood differently by Jews and Christians. Jews see it as an obligation conferring additional responsibilities of moral behavior while Christians, I believe, see it as conferring special favoritism.
Good point...
It's not like God played eeny, meeny, miny, moe and landed on the Jewish people, though. It started with Abraham who came from Ur of the Chaldees and his seeking to know the true God. Because of his faith, God made a covenant and promised that through him all nations of the earth would be blessed and his progeny would be as numberless as the sands of the sea. From Abraham came Isaac, then Jacob and his twelve sons who became the twelve tribes of Israel (Jacob's name was changed to "Israel" (Genesis 32:28). This is the great nation that is the chosen of the LORD. The jealousy and hatred of them is certainly not only because of this special relationship with God but also is spurred by the evil one (Satan) who wants to utterly destroy them. He will never be successful as God has always had a remnant.