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there has been this charge against Jews for a long time -- according to some poeple it traces back to the government regulations which kept Jews in the jobs of tax collector or money lender (jobs the christians wouldn't want) but since Jews were stuck in that job, the stereotypes emerged.
In other situations, Jews had been victimized in Europe for so long that they learned to survive and be smart with their money because the future was so shaky.
Wikipedia has an interesting article on the history of moneylending, when it began, how the Jews got involved and ended up with a bad rep, and differences between cultures regarding moneylending:
All the answers have been excellent. A couple of things I'll add. First off, in Judaism, as pertaining to finance regulations and business ethics, these are outlined in the Torah. We gather much business prudence from simple G-d given directions. Secondly, historically speaking, some of the trade guilds in Europe wouldn't permit Jewish members, therefore we took on independent merchant vending operations as a means of feeding our families and therefore later became our own financiers to the communities.
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Why are Jews perceived as money greedy people? Did it have something to do with the Holocaust?
Mostly out of fear driven, jealous, uneducated, ignorance, and intolerance. Myths against Jews are usually completely backwards of fact. For example, the greed in the Holocaust was perpetuated by nazi ilk as they even took the gold capped teeth and fillings from Jews after being murdered. Sorry to be so graphic, but as a Jew it's important to me that the truth be advanced.
Yup that's me. Curly headed, crooked nosed, and working for a credit department. Imagine that?! I think I live up to most of the sterotypes. LOL! BTW the picture to the left is my son "Zakary." My wife calls that photo, "the baby Moses picture." It's one of my favorites.
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