“Inherited biases against Christianity.”
That’s it, exactly. It’s a cliche to say, “I have a lot of Jewish friends,” but in my case it’s true. And from many frank discussions of this topic, some have told me that it does boil down to a multi-generational view that the single greatest threat to the Jews as a group is Christian zealotry. And I understand how such a mentality could develop after a long history in Europe marked by waves of pogroms and persecutions.
BUT how many generations does it take to notice that the playing field has changed? On it’s face, the notion that zealous Christians are “out to get” the Jews is utterly outdated and absurd. There really hasn’t be anything resembling that sort of “zeal” in what’s left of Christendom in 125+ years. It’s like, newsflash, you’ve got new enemies... anti-zionist Islamists who are actively trying to kill you and anti-semitic leftists who act as apologists for the Islamists. For the most part, I think, the Jews in Israel understand that in a way that their American cousins don’t.
The antagonism has always been mutual. Christians historically haven’t fared well when Jews had the upper hand, beginning with the first century.