Reddit reviews A History of the Jews

its amazingly true, far past the point of mere "coincidence".

good read: http://smile.amazon.com/History-Jews-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060915331/
(www.rodriguezuribe.co/histories/A%20History%20of%20the%20Jews.pdf)

many the decline of an empire, curiously, occurs in a series of random disconnected events which all seem to coincide beautifully with a climactic emptying of jews.

odd, to be sure.

A History of The Jews

The biggest reason for anti-semitism, is and has been perceived usury and association with lending in general.

No one likes having debt, Jews have historically occupied the position of lenders in Europe, and as a result occupied a uniquely hated position in society. Humanity's natural xenophobic tendencies combined with this reenforcement, has been a much larger contributor than people believing that Jews were coming to eat their babies. You're switching the cause and the symptoms.

And bigotry and hatred are hardly unique to the Jewish people, and to say that one can't understand it though analogy is just silly.

edit: for you downvoters in particular, check out A History of the Jews, by Paul Johnson,, especially passages on usury on page 174. Well researched and well respected book on the subject.

In my opinion, Paul Johnson's "A History of the Jews" is the best book for this: http://www.amazon.com/A-History-Jews-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060915331.

Simon Schama's five-part documentary, "The Story of the Jews," is also excellent: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/story-jews/

Same guy: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj1CxvkSStlsf9VxKmb23E6mO2kKO365O

Also this: https://www.amazon.com/History-Jews-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060915331

This is a real good book also:

A History of the Jews, by Paul Johnson

A History of the Jews by Paul Johnson should definitely be on this list.

I don't know - I imagine the reasons are numerous and complex. In fact, this is something I would like to understand better, and I plan to pick up a history book on it at some point. If you also want to learn the actual reasons, I would suggest something like this book, it's probably what I'll read when I get around to it.