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Go To BlogsProfessional view from Dr. Paula Brody about issues to consider for interfaith parents adopting a child.
Date: 06-04-2007Reprinted news article about a Reform challenge to an Orthodox policy in Israel "that gives Orthodox families the exclusive right among Jews to adopt non-Jewish childeren born in Israel."
Date: 11-06-2006Professional view from the Jewish Outreach Institute about the great stress an interfaith family feels when a child is born, and recommends choosing names before the birth and before the pregnancy if possible, to help mitigate that stress whe
Date: 07-18-2006General Information about Jewish law’s designation of the religion of a Jewish couple’s adopted baby.
Date: 06-21-2006Professional advice for Jews interested in "transcultural adoption" recommending that parents teach those children about their birth culture.
Date: 11-06-2006Personal narrative from an intermarried Presbyterian man who introduced his extended family to Judaism through his girls’ baby-naming ceremonies.
Date: 07-26-2006Professional advice from an outreach director for a Catholic man whose son is going to be circumcised.
Date: 06-04-2007Personal narrative from the mother of an adopted Asian girl talking about watching her daughter take part in temple services.
Date: 11-20-2006A professional view affirming the importance of the brit milah, especially for interfaith families. Author says if the circumcision is not performed on the 8th day, and the child then becomes a Bar Mitzvah, he will have to have it at that age in o
Date: 11-14-2006Review of Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg’s book Adoption and the Jewish Family, which reviewer finds to be helpful, though extremely emotional and subjective.
Date: 11-05-2006
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