Do Jews dominate the world economy?

Answer 1

No. Historically, Antisemitic (anti-Jewish) propagandists have claimed that Jews control all the banks, control the economy, control the press, etc. Nothing is further from the truth. Jews have been historically vilified by some Christian denominations, and by bigots from certain other religions; today, for example, certain Muslim leaders express anti-Jewish views, including saying the Jews control the world's monetary policy. This was not true a thousand years ago, and it is not true today.

One historical reason for prejudice against the Jews was that they refused to convert to Christianity, and held different religious beliefs and customs. Another reason was that for many centuries, Jews were blamed by the Catholic Church and certain Protestant denominations for killing Jesus (which was actually done by the Romans, not the Jews). Most modern Christians do not blame the Jews for the death of Jesus, but by the 1950s and 1960s,when churches finally change their views, the damage had been done and millions of people had learned that Jews were the enemy. Muslims in certain countries are also still taught that Jews cannot be trusted; some of this is due to conflating Israelis and Jews-- some countries that are opposed to Israel extend that to expressing negative views about all Jews everywhere. The fact that this question is still being asked on Answers.com proves that it will take a long time for myths about the Jews to be erased.

It is true that, during the dark ages, Jews were associated with banking and lending in Europe, but this was because Christians interpreted Jesus's criticism of moneylenders to be a prohibition against banking and making loans. Muslims also allowed Jews to handle their money because the Quran also prohibits some forms of money-lending. But the world's banking industry today is dominated by White Anglo-Saxon Christian males - except in Asian countries, where is it dominated by prosperous Chinese or Japanese bankers.