I'm not sure that it's a valid assumption to make, given the names given to other portions of Hell (e.g., Caina after Cain), as well as the very evident fact that the ONLY PEOPLE Dante mentions being there are Judas, Brutus and Cassius. We know from earlier on that Annas and Caiaphas are not that far down, so it's not a place for "all Jews".

I don't think that I'm sounding like Dragonsoul - I just think that if the action is merely an attempt to reduce the influence of the Catholic Church the attack is so far off target as to be absurd. Generally speaking, I don't think the rights of a religious majority should be curtailed out of fear that a text from hundreds of years ago MIGHT offend a minority if read out of context. It's really almost as stupid as the way schools in America are afraid of using the word "Christmas".