Christians who listen to the Jewish saga begin to understand how Jews lived with themselves through the long centuries of persecution. Jews felt the power of conviction—of belief that if you are fortunate enough to possess the truth, you do not compromise or sacrifice it, even if it means that you continue on only as tiny fleck of mankind.
http://www.patheos.com/Jewish/Christians-New-Jews-Yitzchok-Adlerstein-02-21-2013