Obviously you're not very familiar with the foundations of our civilization, the Arts and the Sciences. The names of Jews who achieved true greatness could fill an entire book.
There are two main causes for the rise of anti-Americanism in Europe:
First, the collapse of communism in the 80's turned Europe's "intellectual left" into an ideological orphan. These people had totally identified their whole being with their ideology. In order to regain their identity they were able to salvage the only ideological element that could be salvaged: anti-Americanism, which had always been an integral part of leftist ideology.
The second reason is anti-Semitism, which is quite alive and well in Europe. Much of Europe's anti-Americanism is actually anti-Semitism in disguise. It's much more politically and socially correct to be anti-American than anti-Jew.