I have a Jewish friend who is an anti-Christian bigot. He is a leftist who voted for Obama and worships the Democratic party. I tried to explain to him that Christians currently have very tolerant, open societies where Jews have prospered. However, Muslim countries are intolerant where Jews are not even allowed citizenship (i.e. Saudi Arabia). He shouted at me that this was an overwhelmingly Christian society and it s hard to escape its symbolism.
Any advise from my fellow JTFers on how to get through to him that Christians are our allies against the Quranimals?
Not all people who claim Christianity are friends of Jews. Some follow a philosophy called replacement theology which denies all of what the Bible says about God's relationship to the Jewish people. When I talked to Jewish people in chat rooms before I heard some of the most horrible stories about ignorant or hateful things that were said to them or done to them by so-called Christians. Some of them have actually been asked in earnest if they had horns. If your friend has had some bad experiences with those types of stupid and/or hateful people then it may be very hard to convince him that not all Christians are that way.
Personally when I heard some of these stories I was shocked, because I had never known anyone like that. When I was growing up all the Christians I knew said they liked and respected Jewish people so I just assumed that was universal. I was shocked when I heard that there were those who were actually hateful toward Jews as a people because I knew that would bring God's curses down on them. I couldn't imagine why they would be so warped.
Once I understood what had happened both historically to the Jewish people and on a personal level to many Jewish individuals due to the actions of so-called "Christians", I tried to be understanding about the fact that some Jews hated Christians.
All I could do in those types of situations was to try to show a good example, to be friendly, to express my support of Israel, etc. so that they could see by demonstration that not all Christians were like that. I guess the only way your friend is ever going to get over his hatred of Christians is for him to be in situations where he interacts in a cooperative way with Christians who really believe that the Jews are God's chosen people. Maybe that will help him to overcome some of the barriers he's set up to protect himself.
It really is a good thing when Christians and Jews can work together against our common enemies and also form a friendship with one another. Even the Muslims say that Christians and Jews are friends of one another. There were righteous Christians who hid Jews during the Holocaust or helped them escape. Maybe you can find a few stories like that for him.