Judaism brought monotheism (belief in one God) to the world. They also taught that God was ethical/moral, had an emotional investment when he created humans, and gave us free will in order that we can choose to do good.
At the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob --the world was polytheistic (they believed in many gods, commonly in the form of idols). Their gods were often attributed to creating the world and man by accident or through chaos. And when one nation conquered another, it was a sign of submission to absorb the gods of the victor ... Of course Jews refused to assimilate or worship other gods, though various rituals and prayers were composed in response to surrounding cultures.
They were also the first religion to ban human sacrifice. During the time of the Temple, animal and plant offerings were a compromise. And now that the Temple is destroyed, prayers are offered in its place.
There was huge variation in how Jews were treated in different places and times of the Middle Ages, and this variation profoundly affected the work Jews did. They were welcomed into some areas and given protection. In other areas, they were abused and exiled. There were places where they were welcomed by one generation and exiled by the next. Also, in many places, they were restricted from certain types of work.
Part of the effect of this was that the Jews had to rely on things they could carry away with them when they were forced out of their homes. The easiest thing to protect, and the hardest to confiscate, was knowledge. So a lot of Jews were people who worked in jobs requiring knowledge. A lot of them were medical people, many doctors, and many pharmacists. There were a lot of teachers, scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians; and, of course, there were a lot who were rabbis. Skills, like knowledge, were easily moved, and so a lot of Jews were active in trades that required a lot of skill, such as making jewelry and other finery.
Jews were often required to follow their own laws, rather than Christian laws. The result of this is that in some places they were the only people around who were allowed to charge interest on loans. In fact, the sections of the Magna Carta dealing with interest refer to the lenders specifically as Jews.
Of course, dietary laws made it necessary for Jewish communities to have their own people do food preparation, particularly as butchers, but also with other types of food.
There were a lot of things Jews were not permitted to do either by law or because of measures taken by guilds to prevent competition. In some areas they were not allowed to be farmers. In some areas, the guilds prevented them from being masons or carpenters, and guild membership was often closed to people who were not Christian. Merged in Answer:Jews were banned from most occupations, and had to earn a living in occupations that were unregulated, like buying and selling secondhand clothes, for example.
They received the Torah from God, dwelt in the land od Israel and built the Holy Temple.
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they did nothing bad. Hitler just thought thats Jews were the ones who caused all the problems in Germany (hunger, etc.) after WWI
Hitler had a pure hate of Jewish people because he thought their blood was un-pure.
they were born
Conditions got bad from April 1933 onwards.
Because they felt bad for the Jews. If there was a genocide, who wouldn't feel bad?
Jews have been used as scapegoats for centuries because they didn't have a country or a whole area which is for Jews. Hitler blamed the Jews for everything which is bad for Germany. This is called Antisemitism
Just as bad as it was for the Jews and Gay people.
It is generally considered a bad thing.
There is no evidence that Hitler had bad encounters with Jews on a personal level.
They were executed because they were Jews. They did not have "bad" genes.
he never did, Jews ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE
yes
Jews were seen as the scapegoats of society, whenever anything bad happened people blamed it on the Jews.
Bad
YES!
Conditions got bad from April 1933 onwards.
It was awful/criminal/evil/horrible/bad.
Because they felt bad for the Jews. If there was a genocide, who wouldn't feel bad?
Pretty bad, considering he killed 6 million of them.
Religious antisemites think Jews are bad because of their beliefs: They killed Jesus, they refused salvation. Cultural antisemitites think Jews are bad because of what they supposedly do: They control the banks, they conspire against civilization. Racial antisemitites think Jews are bad because of who they supposedly are: They have evil genes, they are not really human.