Jul 15, 2026 · 46 min · 17 segments
Ellie Roth is uniquely equipped to explore the complexities, the tensions, and the controversy surrounding the Jewishness of Jesus because she is half Jewish and half Gentile. CBN's Raj Nair explores…
Ellie RothGuest
Raj NairHost
I told my fourth grade teacher in my Christian school about going to Hanukkah over the break.
She, I guess, saw that as a teaching moment since she realized she had a Jewish person in the classroom.
And she told the class the story of Yeshua's, Jesus's, excuse me, sacrifice on the cross and how the Jews are the Christ killers and how it was the Jews who killed Jesus.
And then at the end of all of that, she said, and we actually have a Jew in the classroom.
Ellie Roth, I have been looking forward to this conversation because you are uniquely equipped to speak about the messiness, the awkward parts, the controversial things when it comes to the Jewish faith, because you are half Jewish, half Gentile, and that's created quite a lot of, let's call them issues for you growing up.
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I told my fourth grade teacher in my Christian school about going to Hanukkah over the break.
She, I guess, saw that as a teaching moment since she realized she had a Jewish person in the classroom.
And she told the class the story of Yeshua's, Jesus's, excuse me, sacrifice on the cross and how the Jews are the Christ killers and how it was the Jews who killed Jesus.
And then at the end of all of that, she said, and we actually have a Jew in the classroom.
Ellie Roth, I have been looking forward to this conversation because you are uniquely equipped to speak about the messiness, the awkward parts, the controversial things when it comes to the Jewish faith, because you are half Jewish, half Gentile, and that's created quite a lot of, let's call them issues for you growing up.
