I don't doubt that there is at least some truth to this narrative, and it makes me think of other episodes like it throughout history. First off, I have some Jewish blood myself so this is not racially motivated, but I think it's interesting how this dispersed group has often operated like a secret society wherever it takes up residence. It has always seemed to flourish even while its host nation falters, has always kept to itself -- dispising its Christian countrymen, and doubtless has probably tried to out-fox them as much as possible. This inevitabley seems to lead to the (justification of) the
pogroms a socail backlashes against them. Interesting.