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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it will be any issue. Conversion of infants/toddlers is really no big deal, and you will raise the child as your own Jewish child. They will not know any different. At our synagogue there are children who are Asian, Hispanic, and Black. No one bats an eye. Adoption is quite common here nowadays.

Plenty of born Jews ha astray of Judaism once they get older for a variety of reasons. It's an issue in Judaism as a whole because it's such a small community. 
I wouldn't let this Dowcourage you from adopting. It's not like your kid won't know they are adopted.[/quote]

I agree with these sentiments and I would add that some children and some parents don't see eye-to-eye on lifestyle, religion, culture, values, and more and it's not because of any specific reason as much as people are different and they think for themselves. Children who are raised in families that love them and respect them -- no matter what orientation and world view their parents have--may or may not accept those values when they grow up. My brother and I are adopted from Korea and raised very WASP. I am quite WASPY and married an Irish-German protestant, he affiliates more with his Korean heritage and married a Korean-American.

I would not be afraid to have or adopt a child and raise them in a loving manner is any faith or any set of values, as long as you are prepared to be able to respect that they may elect a different orientation and world view when they grow up.

My BFF is Jewish and she adopted an African American boy. Every summer they go to this camp: http://www.jta.org/2014/08/18/life-religion/where-jews-of-color-go-to-feel-normal-at-summer-camp[/quote]

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