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[quote=Anonymous]We are a married couple with one child who would like to adopt our second (due to secondary infertility we cannot have a second).

However, one of my concerns is religion.  We are Jewish, observant, and very involved in the Jewish community (members of a synagogue, child goes to Hebrew and Sunday school), etc.  Most of our friends/community are Jewish too.  So religion is a big part of our lives.

Most birth mothers may be unfamiliar with Judaism.  My concern are:  a) that we will not be chosen by a birth mother because they are unfamiliar with Judaism/don't want their child raised Jewish, and b) if we are matched, I am concerned about the concept that we are raising a child in the Jewish religion who was born into a different religion.  What if this child later resents us for raising her Jewish when she was born Catholic, etc.?  He/she is of course free to practice whatever religion he/she wants when she turns 18 but I worry that there will be a resentment issue.

There is basically no intermarriage in either DH or my families, so this is completely uncharted territory for us, and we have a lot of anxieties about the religion aspect.

Any thoughts about this?[/quote]

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