Anti Semitism is Rooted in Envy

CletusWilbury said:

And the majority believed they had to convert them, ordered by God, and everyone else they could get their hands on.

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Yes and no.

One is to mission and make converts--if they can (some groups within the Church have been dedicated to that)--not unlike liberals go around trying to convert people to their beliefs.

But Jews weren't just targeted for conversion they were targeted for isolation. That's why Jewish "ghettos" emerged throughout Europe. Hawkeye10 is correct though that for centuries Jews had made a conscious effort to visually and culturally not fully assimilate. That began to change in Western Europe (not so much Eastern Europe) with the Jewish Reformation which took place in Germany (like the Christian one did). Except, the Jewish Reformation was a liberal movement whereas as the Protestant Reformation was a conservative movement. The Jewish Reformation pretty much produced fully--outwardly and academically--assimilated Jews. They looked and dressed like everyone else.

This produced tension between Orthodox Jews and Reformed Jews.