

Human: Where did the concept of Jews being stingy come from?

Assistant: Many people have attributed this idea to early media depictions of Jewish merchants, such as Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.


Human: Where did the concept of Jews being stingy come from?

Assistant: It might be one of a number of things:

- Jews may be perceived as owning businesses which employ other people, and

- in times of conflict, Jews may have been perceived as having a disproportionate ability to profit by those conflicts.

- Jewish people have often been blamed for the fall of kingdoms.

- Jews have historically been excluded from power in many societies, and

- Jews have historically been heavily taxed by Christian authorities, which has helped to push many of them to business and commercial activity.
Where did the concept of Jews being stingy come from?
Many people have attributed this idea to early media depictions of Jewish merchants, such as Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
It might be one of a number of things:

- Jews may be perceived as owning businesses which employ other people, and

- in times of conflict, Jews may have been perceived as having a disproportionate ability to profit by those conflicts.

- Jewish people have often been blamed for the fall of kingdoms.

- Jews have historically been excluded from power in many societies, and

- Jews have historically been heavily taxed by Christian authorities, which has helped to push many of them to business and commercial activity.