Some evidence for that can be seen in Paschal rituals (Do you mean passion plays, in the scenes near the end?), where the Jews demand Christ's crucifixion. It should be remembered, however, that it is the congregation who play the part of "the Jews" in this ceremony. Symbolically, they also represent mankind, for whom Christ died and rose again, according to Christian tradition.
The focus on the literal meanings of scripture and the separation of the Jewish community from the Christian over roughly the past two millennia no doubt contributed to the use of scripture by many Christians to justify their anti-Semitic beliefs. Some section of the New Testament itself refer to Jews as the offspring of Satan, and as the collective murderers of God's human incarnation Jesus, who was himself a Jew. Many find it difficult to reconcile these verses with the fact that Jesus himself did not teach anti-Semitism.
As time passed, the split between Christians (specifically, the followers of Paul and the other Apostles, all of whom were Jews) and Jews became more significant. By the time the gospels came into their final form, they included points of view that, if said by gentiles to Jews, would certainly be anti-Semitic. And this may be where the real problem began - Christianity reached out to gentiles, and eventually said that gentiles could become Christian without first becoming Jewish. thus a large number of non-Jews came into Christianity, which is based on the New Testament, and read many verses attacking Jews. From this time forward, the New Testament was used as "proof" that God hated the Jews. Lutheran Pastor John Stendalh has pointed out that "Christianity begins as a kind of Judaism, and we must recognize that words spoken in a family conflict are inappropriately appropriated by those outside the family.?"
One should consider other factors as well. For example, Christian law forbade Christians to lend money and reclaim it with interest; Jewish law likewise had the same restrictions. But during the middle-ages European Christian nations often forced Jews to take on this role; over time, some Jews naturally played an important role in the economies of the Middle Ages. On many occasions, when their high-powered debtors decided they didn't want to pay back their debts, they relied on the "Christ's murderers" tradition to expel the Jews and default on their obligations. To many, this would appear to be a case of misuse of Scripture and tradition to justify actions that would otherwise be condemned.
As with any other religion, Christianity is transmitted through the voices of men. The shape of anti-Semitism in the Christian world has changed so much according to place and time that Christians teach anti-Semitism. However, it can certainly be said that Christian anti-Semites have often turned to Christian scripture to justify their actions.
Anti-Semitism in some Eastern European still remains a substantial problem, especially in Poland. The entry on Anti-Semitism in Poland discusses the current state of how the predominantly Catholic Polish population views Jewish people.
Over the last century there has been much reconciliation between Jews and Christians. In many nations there has been a remarkable decline in anti-Semitism after the horrors of the Holocaust were made public to the larger world population. Anti-Semitism among Christians has not died out, and we still see acts often considered to be anti-Semitic perpetrated by Christian leaders.
Link: [Christian anti-Semitism]
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