I would not go to Sartre as an explainer of anything Jewish just as I would not go first to outside people (non-Jews) to explain my own people (Jews).
“If you examine history you will not generally find in ancient times the same prejudices againt Jews that you find now or for the past 2000 years since the diaspora.”
It was there. Alexandrians had a big pogrom during the reign of Emperor Caligula, who refused to protect the Jews, because they would not offer up any sacrifices to him.
“Jews historically have cut themselves off from other people in a number of ways which define the Orthodox practice of the religion. This refusal to become part of the larger group but to stand apart with specific rules and yet at the same time...”
And German Jews during the Weimar Republic...?
“...to be either successful or constantly springing back in spite of attempts to annihilate them seems to be one of the predominant reasons for Jew hatred.”
If we would stop springing back in spite of attempts to annihilate us, we would be loved and accepted? Why did they attempt to annihilate us, then?
“IMO racism is now a word without much meaning.” Thank the leftards for overusing it and misapplying it until it can mean anything. And when a word means anything, it means nothing. Only remedy is to either take the word back and recharge it with meaning, or find another one that can do better.