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Anti-semitism has various colours. Religion was important- both roman catholicism and protestantism (dont forget Luther was very anti-semitic too), but I believe religion just added to economical factors.
It is kind of paradox, cause first Jews were 'asked' to do various things which later made them rich and influential and then they were blame for it. They are just part of the domino in this context.

On the other hand, statistically Jews were and are rich and influential and they need to understand too that it always causes resentments. Add religion, strong national identity and influential position and you have a bomb ready.

What I always find quite weird when Jewish organisations say that Nazi, but also others that they built big wealth on holocaust, that people got rich and that the killed Jews left behind big money, gold, art etc. They admit this way that Jews were rch and influential, and one minute later they say thet there were no objective reasons for anti-semitism. Its kind of shooting own foot.

Rwanda, Tutsi and Hutu- and many other places show that rich and influential people, especially forming real or imagined group, always attract a lot of resentment, hate, however usually just jealousy and dislike. You cannot eat the cake and have the cake.