Resurrecting the Jewish Jesus "At the first night of Passover, the youngest person at the table asks the question "Why is this night different from all other nights?" Appropriately, the place to begin speaking of The Passion of Yeshua is to ask the question "Why is this Passion Oratorio different from all other Passion Oratorios?" A devoted educator and mentor, he grew up with both Christian and Jewish faiths in his household. His parents were born in Iran, and he was free to examine his faith from multiple perspectives. Ultimately, he accepted that Jesus was the foretold Messiah, but this did not disavow his Jewishness. After all, Jesus was Jewish.