Poll: Anti-Semitism in US remains constant

A nationwide survey released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) showed the number of Americans who hold anti-Semitic attitudes remained constant from its 2005 findings, demonstrating once again that “anti-Semitic beliefs endure in America.”
 
The 2007 Survey of American Attitudes Towards Jews in America, a national telephone survey of 2,000 American adults conducted October 6 through October 19, found that 15% of Americans - or nearly 35 million adults - hold views about Jews that are "unquestionably anti-Semitic,” compared to 14% in 2005.

The survey found that 31% of Americans believe Jews are more loyal to Israel than America, down from 33% in 2005; in 2002 it was 33%; in 1998, it was 31%; in 1992; 35%.
 
More than one quarter – 27% of the American people – believe Jews were responsible for the death of Christ, down from 30% in 2005, up from 25% in 2002.
 
Fifteen percent of the general population believes that Jews have “too much power in the US” – unchanged from 2005; 67% for those who are the most anti-Semitic.
 
Twenty percent believe Jews have “Too much power in the business world” and 18% believe Jews have “Too much control/influence on Wall Street, both up one percent from 2005.
 
"When it comes to Jews, old stereotypes die hard," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director. "Especially about loyalty, the death of Jesus, and power. For over 40 years one of the most stable and telling indicators of anti-Jewish prejudice in America has been the question of fundamental Jewish loyalty to the US”

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The reasons are pretty simple.  One of their greatest teachers, I think it may have been Maimonides, was a proponent of isolation, not intermarrying with gentiles, stuff like that.  Then there's their cultural focus on study and education.  They are not known as the people of the book just because of the Torah.  Put these two together and you end up with a very tightly knit, adaptable, and successful subculture.  People see their success, envy it, and become hostile.  There's also a thing about usury.  The old testament treats usury the same way as contemporary law, as the charging of "excessive" interest on money, whereas Christians, what with Jesus having a fit on the money lenders in the temple, have a more conservative view and a deep mistrust of the practice of lending money.  Yet somehow the practice continues unabated in Christian societies.  More Christian hypocrisy.