::: It doesn't matter: Jews are ethno-religious group. They rejected ML's calls to abandon the faith of their fathers, while ML rejected their right to keep it and called to convert the Jews by any means, from "love" to violence. I think the word "race" came into the picture as a consolation: for ML supporters to feel better that they are not racists, and for Jews that the pogroms and expulsions were carried out on strictly religious basis. ←