The world runs on money now, not faith and not moral excellence and decency. I will tell you, as somebody who was born and raised in an entirely Jewish household, that every Jew has a fixation on money. It is literally genetic and extremely hard to shy away from. I recall my Rabbi once giving a sermon about how we actually adapted over time to be able to hear the clinging of coins/metal through basic Darwinian adaptation (and I actually have found this to be kind of accurate). The only reason such things are viewed as anti-Semitic is because of WHO says them, not the content. Ask any Jew about how Jews are about money and getting into professional and political positions and they'll laugh and say "yeah it's true" and take it as a point of pride- that they are more successful than other groups.

The "Jews won WWII" is evident all around us. It's is why the libertarian philosophy, with its emphasis on free trade, globalization, declining wages, and incohesive culture, is so popular in the US (it is certainly NOT the "libertarianism" of the Founders) and also why progressivism and all of its moral decadence is so popular. Those are 2 things that Jewish philosophy and values are either ambivalent or hypocritical about, which is why Christ was so important. He set the world straight on hardened moral values, chivalry, and such values that we take for granted as "American" or "Western" but are in fact, wholly Christian. Things like "treat others how you want to be treated", the idea of charity being a labor of time dedicated to your community and not merely a monetary engagement, and that all men are created equal and in the likeness of God (instead of only a Chosen Few).

Those reasons are why I left Judaism in the first place and it turned me quite agnostic for a time until I found what I was looking for in Christianity. Judaism doesn't adequately explain a lot of evils and many of the codes of conduct are treated as symbolic gestures (like circumcision) rather than grounded in reason and logic/Logos which God is meant to be the personification of.

While it is true that most Jews are kind and hard working, you'd be remiss to find many that actually believe in absolute morality and that wealth is not important. I lived in such communities for my whole childhood and the few that actually did have such values (including my mother) valued Amercian values over their predisposed religious obligations (which were still important, but they felt many rites and rituals were too symbolic and outdated- the reason was lost).

The world runs on money now, not faith and not moral excellence and decency. I will tell you, as somebody who was born and raised in an entirely Jewish household, that every Jew has a fixation on money. It is why the libertarian philosophy, with its emphasis on free trade, globalization, declining wages, and incohesive culture, is so popular in the US (it is certainly NOT the "libertarianism" of the Founders) and also why progressivism and all of its moral decadence is so popular. Those are 2 things that Jewish philosophy and values are either ambivalent or hypocritical about, which is why Christ was so important. He set the world straight on hardened moral values, chivalry, and such values that we take for granted as "American" or "Western" but are in fact, wholly Christian. Things like "treat others how you want to be treated", the idea of charity being a labor of time dedicated to your community and not merely a monetary engagement, and that all men are created equal and in the likeness of God (instead of only a Chosen Few).

Those reasons are why I left Judaism in the first place and it turned me quite agnostic. Judaism doesn't adequately explain a lot of evils and many of the codes of conduct are treated as symbolic gestures (like circumcision) rather than grounded in reason and logic/Logos which God is meant to be the personification of.

While it is true that most Jews are kind and hard working, you'd be remiss to find many that actually believe in absolute morality and that wealth is not important. I lived in such communities for my whole childhood and the few that actually did have such values (including my mother) valued Amercian values over their predisposed religious obligations (which were still important, but they felt many rites and rituals were too symbolic and outdated- the reason was lost).