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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group. [/quote]

Your point is Jews are not hurt by anti-semitism because they are successful?  Excellent.  [/quote]
I want to know specifically and individually how each of these seemingly comfortable, very happy, well adjusted, well educated, well traveled, well cared for connected people feel threatened solely for being jewish people. [/quote]

I’m happy, comfortable, well-educated and well-off, but I still would prefer if I didn’t have to go through a metal detector to go to synagogue. I don’t feel constantly, or even often, threatened for being Jewish, but I think it’s pretty silly to say that if you’re happy in most regards it doesn’t matter if some people hold misguided stereotypes or hatred for you.

Antisemitism isn’t like most other prejudices — being successful actually often makes people hate Jews MORE. It’s a conspiracy theory at heart, that we’re too powerful and run the world. No one is going to deny me a job or a mortgage these days because I’m Jewish, but that doesn’t mean there’s no cost at all to Jew-hatred for the Jews. Just ask the unfortunately large number of Jews who have been shot in recent years at their synagogues — even entirely excluding incidents where the shooters say they were motivated by Israeli atrocities (which I don’t think is really a reasonable thing to exclude, but let’s do it for the sake of argument), you still have neo-Nazis attacking us because they think we’re bringing in non-whites to somehow ruin the country. Sure, your Jewish friends may be happy, but I bet they’d be happier if that didn’t happen! [/quote]
I am an active atheist because I don’t enjoy or appreciate the forced collectivism and conformity that comes with all religions. I don’t have to worry about being shot for discussing my ancestry or going to church or temple where metal detectors are required. I live freely and independently in the modern day and I am my own person not the culmination of my supposed ancient ancestors. [/quote]

Good for you, seriously. But I don’t think I should have to give up traditions that are important to me (and that have been important to my family for generations) in exchange for safety. [/quote]
You could be free and as relatively safe as anyone else if you chose to be.[/quote]

What a clever threat--buy antisemitism relies on cleverness as we see.[/quote]
I don’t hate you because you are jewish. We may not get along because I find you insufferable, but I find many people from all backgrounds to be insufferable and impossible to get along with. I generally don’t associate with members of cultish religions.[/quote][/quote]

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