The Jews used to live a regular life a long time ago, I mean the historical era talked about in the bible. They were farmers in general, and that was the most common way of living. The Babylonians for some reason invaded Palestine and took Jews as prisoners of war. I mean they are like the Assyrians who invaded Palestine later, just expanding their empire.
In the diaspora, it was forbidden for the Jews to work in most professions with exception of money changers and loaning people money. It's what they call banking now. They were good at it. Actually, good isn't enough. They were excellent but greedy. They accumulate a mass fortune as a result. Then a Persian king, after he was successful in toppling the Assyrians empire, allowed the Jews to go back to Palestine and build their temple. This is the story I heard or at least what they want the public to believe.
Jews continue to work in the profession of money. And they continue to be good at it. Meanwhile, people start to hate the Jews more and more because of their greed and of course, because of the biblical story that they killed Jesus. Actually I believe that the second was used as a cover for the first to accuse the Jews and take their money and property. Jews were followed everywhere in Europe by greedy governments and angry mobs. They were expelled and their property taken. Kings used to take loans from Jews merchants and bankers. And when they max the limits, they remember that the Jews killed Jesus.
The accusation of greed followed them everywhere. William Shakespeare wrote his famous play "The Merchant of Venice." The main character was Shylock, the greedy Jews merchant. Shakespeare wasn't a Muslim. The inquisition courts in Spain weren't applying Muslims Sharia law, but what they believe in the holy book. They hate Jews in Tsarist Russia, they weren't Muslims. I know that Muslims and Jews are enemies. But before Muslims appeared on the map, Jews made enemies with everybody.
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