A stereotype that I have is about myself and my religion. Most people say that Jews are greedy. That is not me and that is not how I was raised. Ever since I was young my family and I gave to charity and helped people in need. An example is something called tzedakah. Tzedakah is a Hebrew word/name for the charity. It is a box that you put money into, and it goes to people in need. My great-grandparents came from Europe and had nothing to their name. They struggled and they had people helping them by giving them charity. I do believe that though there are few Jews that live up to the stereotype of being greedy, my family and I personally believe that is wrong. The Jewish community is very strong. One way that the Jewish community is very strong is when you travel or need a place to stay you can always get in touch with Chabad. When I first came to ASU I had no connection to other Jewish people on campus and had little to no friends that I could relate to on that religious level, but then I found out that ASU has a Chabad house. I went over there and the Rabbi put me in touch with other freshmen going to ASU. They were very kind and they helped me get settled into my new place. That is why I believe that Jews are not greedy and like to help other people in need. People think Jews are greedy because some individual Jews have done very well financially and some Jewish people can be greedy with their money. A Lot of Jewish people are considered frugal. One example is a lot of Jewish people are Frugal with their money and that’s often why people think Jewish people are greedy. One famous Jew that fit this stereotype of Jews being greedy was Bernie Madoff. Bernie Madoff is a white Jewish male that was very greedy and committed fraud against many people for his own self-gain. He stole about 65 billion dollars and did it out of greed. What he did was very Overt and wrong. The media said that Bernie was Jewish although he did commit a crime, him being Jewish this gave people more of a reason to think Jews are greedy. Another jew that is greedy for money is Sam Bankman-Fried. Sam is an American entrepreneur similar to Bernie who committed fraud for about 8 billion dollars. Sam allegedly had billions of dollars in loans that he hid from the government. He did this because he was greedy with his money. Yes, this construction is harmful to me and other Jewish people because there are a lot of anti-Semites that will tie anything bad or negative to Jews. This can benefit a lot of people who don’t like Jews. This also benefited Sam and Bernie for the little time that they got to keep as much money as they could until they were caught.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernie-Madoff

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23458837/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-sbf-downfall-explained