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Originally Posted by Gozer
It's a little more complicated then "Jews are better."
If memory serves, it was considered wrong to loan money (can't remember why, religion I suppose) so in many communities the Jews would run the banks. Banks make money, and people hate banks, so people started to hate Jews for being rich and hoarding money (which is what banks do).
Kinda lousy recap, maybe someone else can correct or expand on this.
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Don't forget that that was usually all they were permitted to do.