I've read a bit too much about the creatively horrible things done in the name of religion to really buy into the idea that religion improves behaviour overall, but I do agree with you that the fact that there have been a lot of Jewish banker etc. is no good reason to hate Jews.

Nor is the fact that Marx, Trotsky or anyone else was Jewish have any weight in the judgment of Jewishness as a whole. I mean, I'm not going around all RARRRRR STALIN WAS GEORGIAN I HATE GEORGIANS or DUBYA IS A METHODIST WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH METHODISTS. Conversely, neither would I claim that all Baptists are SUPER ACTIVISTS just because MLK Jr. was one. You can't color an entire group with the actions of a few members.