There have been a lot of negative things said about Jews and the Jewish community. From those who are ignorant (of which there are many), they will oppose the m

There have been a lot of negative things said about Jews and the Jewish community. From those who are ignorant (of which there are many), they will oppose the majority of a group for the actions of a few. This is applicable to many different groups. What a lot of people have forgotten is that the vast majority of the first followers of Jesus Christ were Jews. There were sections of the Jewish leadership that wanted him dead and happily conspired with their political opponents and enemies to bring about this outcome. Those first Jewish followers were persecuted and hunted down by the Jewish leadership. It is interesting that it was one of those ravening wolves by the name of Saul who ended up being one of the great evangelists for Jesus Christ going by the name of Paul. The historical antipathy against Jews arose out of the idea that it was the Jews that killed Jesus Christ, when the crucifixion was carried out by the Romans (a particularly effective "law enforcement" technique under Roman law). This idea arose because of the claim by some of that Jewish leadership to having taken on the political kudos of causing his death - getting rid of a particularly thorny individual (thorny to their political and financial aspirations). Those in leadership who supported Jesus Christ were themselves attacked. The fact that this Jewish sect had great impact on non-Jewish people and was the result of the evangelising by Jews is something that seems to be forgotten by and by. Jesus Christ was sent to the Jews for the Jews and it went much further. So without the Jews, what is known as Christianity today would not exist. Without them we would not have the Good News. I find it fascinating that amongst the Jews there is a growing group who recognise that Jesus Christ is their messiah and they are being persecuted by the various Jewish authorities for this recognition. Without the Jews, the Gentiles are incomplete and without the Gentiles, the Jews are incomplete.