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Amy-Jill Levine Elected First Jewish President of Catholic Biblical Association

8/29/2026

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Amy-Jill Levine became the Catholic Biblical Association of America’s first Jewish president.
Social-media users launched antisemitic attacks, accusing her of hijacking Catholicism and being anti-Christian.
Chair Gregory E. Sterling and director Archie Wright said her election was for scholarship.
She pledged to promote biblical scholarship, remove antisemitic content from Catholic textbooks, and improve Jewish-Catholic relations.

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Amy-Jill Levine became the Catholic Biblical Association of America’s first Jewish president.
Social-media users launched antisemitic attacks, accusing her of hijacking Catholicism and being anti-Christian.
Chair Gregory E. Sterling and director Archie Wright said her election was for scholarship.
She pledged to promote biblical scholarship, remove antisemitic content from Catholic textbooks, and improve Jewish-Catholic relations.