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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]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.[/b]

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]

+1  The most important thing is that you wouldn't want to treat your adopted child differently and make him/her feel like it wasn't possible to be a part of the family traditions and do the things the family does.  Of course, you would celebrate Jewish holidays with the kid and make that kid a part of your family like you would any other child!  I think your perception of adoption seems to be like you're hosting an exchange student, not making a person a permanent part of your family.  You need to rethink this if you really want to adopt.

I also don't think of most religions as having an "ethnic" or "country of origin" basis (Judaism is a bit different, obviously), so it would seem odd to think you would need to even consider taking a kid to church because he/she was adopted from a place like Mexico or France or was an American of non-Jewish heritage.  I think your point about possibly trying to teach some traditions from the child's birthplace is worth considering if you adopt internationally, but I don't see that as extending to religion in a traditional sense (and can't imagine situations where that would be very common anyway).  If the kid were adopted from China, for example, you might consider enrolling him/her in a Chinese language class (and also learning some yourselves as other members of the family), and maybe you would want to celebrate Chinese New Year or something.  I can't imagine you're saying it would be uncomfortable for you to celebrate a holiday like this (I think you're referring to things like Christmas, Easter, etc., which have a more religious focus).[/quote]

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