premise: Yes , he believed that the <mask> were `` enemies of the Reich '' , and such a belief is , of course , typical of `` patriotic '' anti-Semites ; but he believed in the Jew as enemy in a kind of abstract , theological way , like a member of a cult speculating on the nature of things .
hypothesis: the proper context for <mask> here should be a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties