Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dean was born and raised in Israel as a devout Orthodox Jew. His faith wasn’t simply part of his life. It shaped his entire identity.
With an intense zeal for Judaism and deep devotion to religious practice, Dean considered himself among the most religious Jews in Israel. But everything changed when a clerical record connected to one of his ancestors suddenly called his family’s Jewish heritage into question.
The claim and subsequent action by the rabbinical court shook Dean to his core.
If the identity he had built his entire life around could be questioned and doubted, who was he?
So Dean left Israel and set out on a new journey to get away and truly find himself. Away from the religious structures, expectations, and certainties that had defined him for so long, something unexpected happened: he encountered Yeshua (Jesus).
In this conversation, Dean shares the remarkable story of losing the understood identity he thought he knew, wrestling with faith and belonging, and ultimately discovering Yeshua in a way he never expected.
It’s a powerful story about identity, religion, doubt, and what can happen when the walls we’ve built around our faith begin to come down.
Whether you’re Jewish, Christian, questioning your faith, or simply wrestling with what you believe, Dean’s story is one worth hearing.
Watch his incredible journey and hear, in his own words, how an Orthodox Jewish man from Israel came to believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah.
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Dean was born and raised in Israel as a devout Orthodox Jew. His faith wasn’t simply part of his life. It shaped his entire identity.
With an intense zeal for Judaism and deep devotion to religious practice, Dean considered himself among the most religious Jews in Israel. But everything changed when a clerical record connected to one of his ancestors suddenly called his family’s Jewish heritage into question.
The claim and subsequent action by the rabbinical court shook Dean to his core.
If the identity he had built his entire life around could be questioned and doubted, who was he?
So Dean left Israel and set out on a new journey to get away and truly find himself. Away from the religious structures, expectations, and certainties that had defined him for so long, something unexpected happened: he encountered Yeshua (Jesus).
In this conversation, Dean shares the remarkable story of losing the understood identity he thought he knew, wrestling with faith and belonging, and ultimately discovering Yeshua in a way he never expected.
It’s a powerful story about identity, religion, doubt, and what can happen when the walls we’ve built around our faith begin to come down.
Whether you’re Jewish, Christian, questioning your faith, or simply wrestling with what you believe, Dean’s story is one worth hearing.
Watch his incredible journey and hear, in his own words, how an Orthodox Jewish man from Israel came to believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah.
*SUPPORT THE MISSION*
jewsforjesus.org/so-be-it?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_term=video&utm_campaign=STNETSOBEIT&x_frequency=m
*LEARN ABOUT JESUS*
jewsforjesus.org/aboutjesus
*LEARN HOW TO SHARE YOUR FAITH*
jewsforjesus.org/classroom
*CONNECT WITH US*
Online chat: jewsforjesus.org/live-chat
Email us at: YouTube@JewsforJesus.org
*FOLLOW US*
Instagram: instagram.com/jewsforjesus
TikTok: tiktok.com/@sobeitproject
Elisha Lazarus, Arielle Randle, and Aaron Abramson are the hosts of SO BE IT! Their lives were radically transformed by Jesus (Yeshua) and love sharing their faith with their fellow Jewish people.
