- Amy-Jill Levine — who as a child faced anti-Jewish taunts and even took Catholic catechism to learn about her neighbors — became a leading Jewish scholar of Christian Scriptures.
- She was elected the Catholic Biblical Association’s first Jewish president, sparking an antisemitic social-media backlash despite strong support from many Christian colleagues.
- Levine champions teaching Jesus in his Jewish context, works across denominations to combat antisemitism, and aims to strengthen Catholic–Jewish relations and religious education.
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