To BBC News are Jews not an 'ethnic minority'

This BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40824357 states:

'Two thirds of the stars were male, with the highest paid names including Chris Evans, Gary Lineker, Jeremy Vine and Graham Norton. Claudia Winkleman was the highest paid female star.

The highest-paid stars from an ethnic minority background were George Alagiah, Jason Mohammed and Trevor Nelson - with Mishal Husain the top-earning female.'

Are Jews not from an ethnic minority background? Or does one have to be of a darker skin hue in order to qualify for ethnic minority status? What about Jews of an Iraqi or North African background? Are the BBC guilty of racism here? Or is it that for the BBC Jews are part of oppressive establishment?