I see no reason why one should consider it being hostile to Jews to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to them.
Preach the gospel to them, try to convince them that Jesus is not only their messiah but the messiah of the world.
It is up to them to accept or reject the message. Nobody should be coerced into believing ( because to do so would be meaningless ).
Above all, continue to show them love and respect even if they disagree with you.l
AND LEAVE THE RESULTS TO GOD.
Suggesting that preaching Christ is anti-Semitic is a bold-faced lie.
Are you a Catholic or a Protestant ?
“I see no reason why one should consider it being hostile to Jews to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to them.”
I can appreciate your point of view, that you believe that you are doing a kindness - the ultimate kindness - by introducing a non-believer to “the way.” But can you understand and appreciate that Jews have a different history, a different set of experiences, in this matter? For Jews in the past (not now), failing to believe in Jesus as the savior of the world was not terribly different from someone today being ruled by Moslems and denying the correctness of Islam. It was convert or be effectively a slave, or die (oh, yeah, I almost forgot - sometimes there was the “kind” option of expulsion, where you got to leave the place you and your family called home, perhaps for hundreds of years, at a moment’s notice - and don’t bother taking the product of a lifetime’s work with you, it isn’t going anywhere).
You see, Jews have an inherent problem with Christians trying to convert us, because it was handled in such a G-d-awful way (pun intended) for such a long period of time over such a wide geographical area. We’re a bit skittish. Read “The Anguish of the Jews - 23 Centuries of Anti-Semitism” by Edward Flannery (a R.C. priest who died in 1998) for some background. No, not all anti-Semitism was Christian in origin, but Flannery had a lot of criticism for the Church. He was VERY clear in concluding that the Holocaust would never have been possible without the pre-condition of many centuries of Christian anti-Semitism having already existed...and that particular form of anti-Semitism has, at its root, the refusal of Jews to convert to Christianity.
No, I am NOT saying that someone like you is an anti-Semite. I don’t know you, and I would never make that accusation. However, I just ask you to understand why Jews - who do, after all, have a different perspective on things - aren’t real excited when the topic arises.
Rather than “Preach the gospel to them, try to convince them that Jesus is not only their messiah but the messiah of the world.” - maybe, instead, just leave us alone to believe and act as we’d like to, so long as we don’t affect your right to believe and worship as you see fit. We’ve already rejected the message, with our property, our blood and our very lives for nearly 2,000 years - so please take the hint.
I’m genuinely happy that you understand that a coerced conversion is meaningless (I wish the Moslems would understand that), and that you wish people to show love & respect to Jews - sincerely, thank you. Let’s just agree to disagree on this particular matter, and let G-d sort it out.