The Jewish religion has contributed greatly to society and culture throughout the recorded history of the world. Judaism has been given credit for establishing monotheistic religion, the conceptualization of rule by law, and that God has a special relationship with the human race over any other creature, which also means God works through human events to create a purpose in human history. These primordial contributions by the Jews can be seen throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Western cultures, and are the moral foundations of how we live today. Although the first Jews arrived in Germany around the early 4th century, possibly earlier, and existed in Western Europe before the spread of Christianity and before the fall of the Roman Empire, they have always been the victims of a pre-judged degradation compared to Christianity .

Prior to the first Crusade in 1095, Jews in Germany got along relatively well...