Ken, Let me say that you and many other like wise Jews are the reasons I tell people I don't hate Jews, I hate the government of israell's policies that have ammounted to war crimes. I had a number of friends in high school who were jewish and almost down the the very last one I knew I could say they all had a common denominator. They were all exceedingly empethetic people.
You can find jerks in any nationality, religion or culture, no one has a monopoly on it.
Through history Jews have carried more than their share of pain and loss. The Palestainians are going through this now. I just really want them to live side by side in peace. If they so choose to, liet them join hands as friends. There is surely more that could bind them than what divides them.