Most gentiles don’t understand the Jews. We are seen as the enemy of Muslims and that’s why so many support us and Israel, yet if we don’t walk in lockstep with the neocons or tea party, we’re “self-loathing” Jews.
Give yourself kudos for being in England.
My understanding from years of researching my better half’s Jewish heritage is that being well educated is an act of survival and not superiority. For example, Jews became bankers because bankers might be shown leniency in times of trouble, and the king wanted Jewish bankers because then he was under no obligation to pay the Jewish man back. Jews bless their community because it is the right thing to do and it counteracts all the evil that has befallen them throughout history - but now their generosity is painted as something nefarious. From ghetto to pogrom, the Jews have been pushed aside and targeted, but now their community mentality is somehow indicative of elitism... I don’t get what people want from the Jewish community. [/rant off]