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I have particular disgust for such men because of their vitriol against all things Jewish.

What are you reading of theirs? You will not find a "disgust" for all things Jewish in the history of the Catholic Church as there are many traditions and rituals held fast and carried over by Catholics - the same cannot be said of Protestants, but that is besides the point.

I also think you miss the first several hundred years of oppression and persecution of Christians by the Jews. Convenient isn't it? Christianity actually began as a Jewish sect and remained so for several decades until they received hostility from the Jews.

Matter of fact, if you read any of the Old Testament, the sentiment of the prophets almost mirrors that of the Christian Church: 1. God gaves the law to His chosen people, 2. they rejected it, therefore they stand condemned for rejecting the Lord and His covenant.

You might as well label Isaiah, Moses, David, Elijah, or even Jesus as "anti-semetic" too. Their opinion of faithless Jews is no different than Christianity's. The difference is, instead of Jews being faithless to the original covenant, they are being faithless to the new covenant. Its the same story either way and its very hypocritical to finger the Christians for this one. Those sentiments are all throughout the Bible.

What are you reading of theirs? You will not find a "disgust" for all things Jewish...

Pick up Martyr's Dialog with Trypho. Pick up anything by Origen. Pick up anything by Augustine. The are rife with statements about how evil Jews are. The church's position regarding Jews for most of its history that the only good Jew was one that had become 'christian' - or maybe one that was a target for conversion. The Presbyterian church today is much the same (Calvin was also vitriolic against Jews).

The reason why Israel's closest friends in 'Christendom' are conservative evangelicals is because they are the largest group of 'Christians' that has repudiated Supercessinism (i.e. replacement theology). Roman Catholics have not repudiated it, but make it their entire focus for what they call the 'Old Testament'.