Throughout history, there have been wars and conflicts fought in the name of righteousness and good. In many cases, the hostilities were deemed "holy wars," being, supposedly, fought in the name of Christ, Allah, Yahweh, or whatever deity the people worshipped. While blood was being shed "in the name of God," you could always expect that there was an underlying factor. Something that the people didn't outwardly fight for, but was the absolute root of their conflict. It all comes down to money and power, in the end. Simply put, it's all about the Benjamins.
             Let's go back in time for a moment. It is 1791 AD, and the Jews have just been emancipated in France. After being outcasts for centuries, living in the confines of the Jewish ghetto, these peoples had a powerful incentive to expand beyond what they were formerly limited to being. These Jews rapidly rose in areas such as academia, mathematics, medicine, the arts, journalism, and every other profession that was available. Unfortunately, the prompt success of the Jews frightened many non-Jews. They were being viewed as an economic threat. They were discriminated against because of their apparent ability to make money faster and easier than other people were. The continuing success of these Jews only fueled the resentment of the non-Jews, and became the root of anti-Semitism.
             Many Jews, in response, adopted a viewpoint that one may compare to that of an unpopular child in school. These craved assimilation into the European society, and sought secularization of Judaism; however, the majority of Gentiles viewed them as a separate people, never to be fully assimilated into the European culture.
             A minority of Jews adopted a viewpoint similar to that of the gentiles. They believed that nothing would be able to alter the hostility of the non-Jews, and that a Jew will always remain an outsider in the European culture. The people that held t...