When I grew up the only anti-semitism i encountered was "jews were stingy and had big noses" and everyone treated them just like everyone else who was white. Black people had the real problem. Jews were respected because of their education commitment to social justice, humanism and if you needed a lawyer or a doctor Jews were preferred and everyone loved jewish entertainers, comedians, musicians, actors, directors and writers.

What happened?

Images of the IDF shooting kids throwing rocks, that is what happened. Full and brutal military force being used on unarmed civilians and children. And if you had a problem with it you were labeled as an anti-semite or a Jew hater. After a decade of being labeled Jew haters for opposing atrocities, oppression and warfare against civilians some people wised up. Some got angry. some blamed Jews for supporting the IDF. Then we realized that our foreign policy had been hijacked to the benefit of Israel. While this was happening some Jews were teaching their kids that everyone hates the Jews and want to kill them. When these people deal with non-Jews, they have NO IDEA how offensive and crazy they sounded.

The overwhelming majority of Jews are not into this sickness, but those who are are vocal and aggressive. If you scream that someone hates you long enough, do not be surprised if some of those people do decide to hate you. Stupid people will blame the whole group for the actions of a small minority. Other races and groups have had the same thing go on. Prejudice happens because of bad experiences which are associated not with the person causing the problem but everyone in the same group, race or culture. Some do it all the time with Moslems and Arabs and it is perfectly acceptable to those who bitch about it being done to THEIR group.

Anti-semitism exists against arabs and moslems far more intensely and harmfully than that against the Jews. So why do you hate non-Jewish semites? Do you like that question? Does it make you pissed off? Put yourself in the other guys shoes - something I learned from JEWISH authors and thinkers.

Gaza is one giant concentration camp and you have no concern for that. Why?

One other problem is that most Nazis as depicted as villains in movies and television are FAR MORE POLITE and restrained than the stuff people see on the TV that is happening now. Ever watch COPS? How about the picture of Elian Gonzales and the guy holding the automatic weapon? How about Iraq and torture? Nazis appear to be no worse than the monsters we see on television every night. Maybe they are the same type of people.

Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. In 1948 a poster for a benefit concert for the victims of the Holocaust at DAR Constitution Hall said it was three million - in GIANT LETTERS. Does anyone really know the exact number? Why did it change? According to a book about WW 2 I read, the Nazis murdered some 21-23 million people? Isn't ignoring the other 15 to 17 million victims of the Nazis just as wrong and heinous as denying the six million Jewish victims? Why ignore everyone else? Are they not just as important as the six million Jews? How does that make you look?

Jews and Palestinians are the same race. Different religion, same blood. The Irish stopped killing each other. Time for both sides in the mideast to stop.

Where i work we have people from all over the world and those who are Jewish and those who are Moslem get along just fine. The only reason this evil stuff goes on is because selling weapons and warfare is profitable. AIPAC isn't about Israel, it is about the arms industry.

All of this rancor, hatred, oppression, murder, maiming, torturing and wasting OUR tax dollars is JUST TO FATTEN THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF THE WAR INDUSTRY.

They are so clever that if you disagree with them they can call you an anti-semite. They are responsible for the majority of virulent anti-Jew and Israel sentiment that is out there. THEY MANUFACTURE IT. Because it makes them BILLIONS.

Stop supporting people that make the Jews the target and patsies for their actions and the raison d'etre for their existence and profits. They are using you.

I worked for an American-Israeli defense contractor. War, hate and oppression are good for business