Why have Jewish people been kicked out of so many countries, and why have they always been the scapegoat of nearly every problem known to man?

by hilmao

So I'm 14 years old and Jewish (although I really don't identify with Judaism at all and I'm pretty sure I'm an atheist), and I feel so awful inside when I see people (both online and in real life) say things such as "the holocaust never happened" or "Jews are a parasite that need to be eliminated". To know that these people think of me as a parasite, when I haven't even done anything to them nor have I even accomplished anything of significance in life, just makes me feel so weird and awful inside.

But I realize that I'm not the only one in history to have felt this way, so I want to learn more about why Jewish people have constantly been discriminated against and why they've been kicked out of so many countries. So many anti-semites say "the Jews have been kicked out of like 100+ countries, that's proof that they need to go", and I really want to know more about this claim and why they have been kicked out of so many countries. I figured turning to people who answer questions like these for a living would help me a lot.

Thanks!

hillsonghoods

There's a section of our FAQ devoted to 'Jewish Stereotypes and Persecution Throughout History', with a bunch of fine answers including those by the excellent /u/yodatsracist. Hopefully that will give you a place to start on this topic!