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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH is additionally concerned about adoption because the adoptees he's known anecdotally.

Based on your husband's hesitations I would not adopt an AA baby.  I know a Jewish couple who adopted two babies whose parents were not Jewish and are now raising them Jewish.  Personally, [b]I think that is wrong because they are denying their children's biological history[/b].  Almost as if you adopted from China and raised them to be Mormon.

If you are going to adopt at all you need to discuss this with your husband and perhaps a counselor to work out all the feelings you both have.  Perhaps there are Jewish babies/young children available that you are unaware of?  Perhaps you can talk to people in your community?

Good luck![/quote]

Religion[b] isn't[/b] based on biology.[/quote]

In Judaism, it is![/quote]
Well,bro further "complicate" things, there are Ethiopian ethnic Jews (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel), Indian ethnic Jews (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bene_Israel), and many others around the world. Perhaps you've heard the joke about the man from New York who goes to temple while on vacation in China, and is told, "funny, he doesn't look Jewish"?

One of the leaders in my temple growing up was AA. (A convert, and a Baltimore city police officer.) No one thought twice about it.

I think this is a huge debate with powerful points on both sides.[/quote][/quote]

While this is true, the larger Jewish community has not been very receptive to Ethiopian Jews and do not treat them as equals. Do a Google news search for 'Ethiopian Jew' and read about the discrimination that they've faced in Israel.

I think that the OP has made the right decision for her family in not pursuing interracial adoption. It's not that such an adoption can't work, it's more that the content of her posts suggested that she's not willing to do the hard work it would take to make it work, and both she and her DH have too much racial baggage to overcome. [/quote]

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