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Adoption

By Gina Hagler

Can a convert, her husband, their biological son and their two adopted Korean children find a synagogue where they won't stand out?

By Vicki Peterson

The experience of several adoptive families proves that love is thicker than blood.

By Hedi Molnar

It can be tricky enough balancing two partners' different cultures. How do you integrate a third one?

	"Fulfilling a Mitzvah": As More Jews Adopt, Perceptions of Jewish Identity Change By Doug Chandler
How adopting a child from overseas can lead to greater Jewish observance at home.
When Jews Can't Multiply: Pain of Infertility Hits Hard for Many By Eric Fingerhut
In a culture of "be fruitful and multiply," what happens when you can't?
	Jewish Moms, Chinese Daughters By Merri Rosenberg
Single Jewish women find the key to their motherhood dreams in the abandoned children of China's one-child social policy.
	Interfaith Parents, Chinese Children By Merri Rosenberg
Religious upbringing of adoptees takes on an added dimension in intermarried households.
	Dual Identity, Double the Questions: It's Not Easy Being Jewish and Chinese By Sarah Price Brown
Can an adopted child feel "Jewish first" if everyone else sees them as "Asian first"?

Guide to Birth Ceremonies for Interfaith Families By InterfaithFamily.com
Our new 47-page guide to birth ceremonies includes information on Jewish birth rituals and dozens of ideas for readings and ceremonies that will include your entire interfaith family.

NPR Host Scott Simon: Riding on Airwaves By Jeff Rubin
A child of intermarriage and father of an adopted girl, the "Weekend Edition Saturday" host values his Judaism.

Cheese Blintzes: An Adoptee Discovers Her Jewish Roots By Dina Beach Lynch
At 27, a Catholic woman learns she was born Jewish.