It depends. They technically are and aren't an Ethnic Group. Yiddish Speaking Jews (Predominantly German) were nearly completely wiped out. The Germans treated Jews as an Ethnic Group, but Countries like Poland just saw Jews as another Religion.
But I don't think Jews are comparable to African Americans.
Actually, Jewish ethnic groups all have genetic features that can be measured like all other ethnic groups. Those gene testing companies (like 23andMe) absolutely list Jewish as one of your ethnicities if you have it in you.
It depends. They technically are and aren't an Ethnic Group. Yiddish Speaking Jews (Predominantly German) were nearly completely wiped out. The Germans treated Jews as an Ethnic Group, but Countries like Poland just saw Jews as another Religion.
But I don't think Jews are comparable to African Americans.
Actually, Jewish ethnic groups all have genetic features that can be measured like all other ethnic groups. Those gene testing companies (like 23andMe) absolutely list Jewish as one of your ethnicities if you have it in you.
But it is most definitely a Religion, the Ethnic Group would be better referred to as Hebrew.
No, it's definitely both, Jews would even tell you the same. Hebrew is a subset of Semitic, and Jewish is a subset of Hebrew.