Did the Jews destroy the economies of the world?

Answer 1

No. That is an anti-Semitic canard.

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 that 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 refuse to convert to Christianity, and held different religious beliefs and customs than non-Jews. 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 changed their views, the damage had been done and millions of people had come to think 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 hateful myths about the Jews to be erased.

The world's banking industry is dominated by White Anglo-Saxon Christian males - except in Asian countries, where is it dominated by prosperous Asian bankers.