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**NeroASERCH** · 09-25-2010, 10:31 AM

Poles and other Eastern Europeans have traditionally had a strong dislike towards Jews because they tended to be moneylenders and the middle men in business transactions. Actually every European group has a dislike for Jews. However, Jews in Western Europe were few during the modern era compared to Eastern Europe and so their hatred is much more intense and rabid.

There is a deep hatred towards what is referred to as "middle men minorities", whether they are Jewish, Chinese in Malaysia, or Lebanese Christians in Africa because they're not seen as people who work for their pay. This is the common belief towards middle man minorities across the globe. Yet so little would get done if these middle men minorities didn't exist. Who likes to pay back a person, someone who is an "other" in many ways, with interest, and will take you to court if you dont' pay? No one likes to pay up or suffer legal consequences. But there are worse consequences when not having readily available money to borrow or being too ignorant to acquire needed services through your own means.

The extent in which Jews were money lenders is often exaggerated and not to mention, people forget that many Jews were at various times excluded from many professions. Many Jews were also physicians, lawyers, school teachers, dentists, etc. They were quite renowned to fill in career gaps. You cannot compare the Jews in Europe and the Middle East to unemployed immigrants seeking welfare cheques. I believe part of the disliking was partially at a smaller scale envy related, but probably more so with regards to their exclusivity, which may have appeared as anti-social to many Europeans. I think its a shame people forget how Jews frequently fought wars with their host people and readily adopted many local customs. Compare the Ashkenazim from Germany today and the Sephardim from Bulgaria or Turkey and tell me they are not behaviourally any different to a Samaritan? IMO they are soo obviously Europeanised. Yiddish, Ladino and Yevanic are most certainly European languages linguistically.

It has not occured to me that Slavs are anti-Jewish either. The Slavs i have met appear the opposite. I have known Poles whose ancestors have suffered at the hands of Nazism.

09-25-2010, 10:31 AM	#20
NeroASERCH Join Date Jul 2006 Posts 5,147 Senior Member	Poles and other Eastern Europeans have traditionally had a strong dislike towards Jews because they tended to be moneylenders and the middle men in business transactions. Actually every European group has a dislike for Jews. However, Jews in Western Europe were few during the modern era compared to Eastern Europe and so their hatred is much more intense and rabid. There is a deep hatred towards what is referred to as "middle men minorities", whether they are Jewish, Chinese in Malaysia, or Lebanese Christians in Africa because they're not seen as people who work for their pay. This is the common belief towards middle man minorities across the globe. Yet so little would get done if these middle men minorities didn't exist. Who likes to pay back a person, someone who is an "other" in many ways, with interest, and will take you to court if you dont' pay? No one likes to pay up or suffer legal consequences. But there are worse consequences when not having readily available money to borrow or being too ignorant to acquire needed services through your own means. The extent in which Jews were money lenders is often exaggerated and not to mention, people forget that many Jews were at various times excluded from many professions. Many Jews were also physicians, lawyers, school teachers, dentists, etc. They were quite renowned to fill in career gaps. You cannot compare the Jews in Europe and the Middle East to unemployed immigrants seeking welfare cheques. I believe part of the disliking was partially at a smaller scale envy related, but probably more so with regards to their exclusivity, which may have appeared as anti-social to many Europeans. I think its a shame people forget how Jews frequently fought wars with their host people and readily adopted many local customs. Compare the Ashkenazim from Germany today and the Sephardim from Bulgaria or Turkey and tell me they are not behaviourally any different to a Samaritan? IMO they are soo obviously Europeanised. Yiddish, Ladino and Yevanic are most certainly European languages linguistically. It has not occured to me that Slavs are anti-Jewish either. The Slavs i have met appear the opposite. I have known Poles whose ancestors have suffered at the hands of Nazism.
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