I'm glad you clarified. Because of course "The Jews in that crowd on that day 2000 years ago" is different from "The Jews".
Surely you can see how this can cause confusion. After all, it's what this whole controversy is based on.
The Romans were all there on military duty. So the citizens where the Jews. They called themselves a "nation".
Actually, as another poster pointed out, there's no reason to believe that all the non-Roman-military members of that crowd were "Jews". There may have been many foreign onlookers, guest workers, I've read the Romans actually used Syrian peacekeepers, etc. Also even "Jews" was not some kind of monolithic culture but had different factions.
But you're close enough that I'll not argue the point. The main thing is to differentiate "the Jews IN THAT CROWD" from "The Jews". Some people can't tell the difference, I hope you can.
So, it was the Jewish Nation, or "the Jews", who were given the choice by Pilot.
Not really. Simple logic/geography/geometry/mathematics dictates that most of the Jewish Nation was not there on that day and had no idea that this stuff was taking place. What did those Jews who lived in other towns, for example, know of these events or the choice "they" were supposedly given?
If I was a Jew today ... I would say to those Christians who blame the "Jews", "Don't blame us. According to your beliefs the Father made us do it."
If I was a Jew today, I would say to those Christians who blame the "Jews", "Don't blame 'us'. Everyone who did this thing is DEAD. And even anyone who believes the Father made 'us' do it is spouting an idiocy; 'we' didn't do it, OTHER PEOPLE did, 2000 years ago. Maybe the Father made THEM do it, but not 'us'. I am a different person than those dead people."
Do you understand these concepts? Like the fact that a Jew alive today is actually a DIFFERENT PERSON than any of the Jews in that crowd? It's becoming unclear whether you do.