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That is interesting. I am new and learning and didn’t realize that the Jewish OT was different. What are the differences? Can you recap? I’m sure it is not as easy as it sounds.

I don't claim to be a Bible scholar, but I understand that no content differences exist between the Protestant Old Testament and the Jewish Bible. Of course, there are some differences; for example, the Jewish Bible combines several books (Chronicles and Kings, for example) that the Protestant Bible separates. And the Jewish Bible combines many of the shorter books near the end of the Old Testament into one book and calls it the Minor Prophets.
Roman Catholics add several books to the Old Testament that both Jews and Protestants consider apocryphal, eg the Book of Maccabees.
As Protestants believe in “sola scriptura” it is essential that the Old Testament mirror the Jewish Bible, as the Bible came from the Jews and is the record of God's revelation to the people of Israel.