Adoption & Fostering Articles

Jewish Articles 

Jewish parents looking to adopt face unique challenges

God’s Blessing Comes with Caring for Widows and Orphans

YATOM and the importance of working within the Jewish community​​

Exposing Our Lives to Grow Our Family Through Adoption  

​The Jewish Imperative for Child Adoption

The Mitzvah Of Adoption, Orphans In Russia And The Baal Shem Tov

When Jewish Parents Look To Adoption, They Face More Than the Usual Considerations 

“STUCK”—The Unnecessary Pains of International Adoption

Funny, You Don't Look Jewish: The Story of Transracial Adoption

The Adoption and Jewish Identity Project
​
Spotlight On Flawed International Adoption System

Jewish Couples Speak Out About Adoption: The compelling "option" of Adoption. Repairing the world one orphan at a time.

Meet a Mom Who Takes Care of People's Babies While They Make Huge Parenting Decisions. 

Between Purim and Pesach: Reflections of an Adoptive Mom

Flexibility & Facilitation: The Case of Adoption in Jewish Law

​Finding Personal and Jewish Significance in "This Is Us"

Jewish Adoption Embraces the World
​​
Welcoming Ceremony for an Adopted Child

There Are Children Who Need Us

Between Purim and Pesach: Reflections of an Adoptive Mom

​
GENERAL ARTICLES

Seeing Racism Through My Black and Brown Children's Eyes

​How Fostering Children is Uprooting My Unconscious Racism

​Adoption Delays Causing Silent Suffering

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz (Founder of YATOM) Can't Stop Giving

Russians Rally Against Adoption Ban in a Revival of Anti-Kremlin Protests

Vulnerable Children Are Counting on Us But are We Counting on Them?

Russian Adoption Ban Brings Uncertainty and Outrage
​
Why I'm Marching In Washington DC

Words of Wisdom on Adoption

How To Optimize Your Home for a Beloved Foster or Adopted Child

Ritual for Miscarriage, Healing and New Life 

The Pregnant Father Ponders

​