Jewish people have historically been forced into roles like moneylending due to discriminatory laws against Jews.
Jews in the West represent a "middleman minority" whose occupations often link producers and consumers, such as trade and moneylending.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleman_minority
I am a Muslim in the USA, a religious minority, and to be honest we are generally poor and many have immigrated from nations much poorer than the USA. The first Muslims in the USA were slaves from West Africa, and yes, Jews did play a major role in the slave trade.