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Phoenix New Times - April 2022
“The idea that one should have the religious freedom to discriminate against other religions seems like a strange perversion,” Phoenix Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz told Phoenix New Times. “The most important thing is that children are put in the best homes, not the most Christian homes.”
“The idea that one should have the religious freedom to discriminate against other religions seems like a strange perversion,” Phoenix Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz told Phoenix New Times. “The most important thing is that children are put in the best homes, not the most Christian homes.”
The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
"For parents looking to open their homes to children in the foster care system, it can be surprisingly daunting to navigate the complex system of foster and adoption. That’s the rationale behind a new family fellowship program from Phoenix-based YATOM: The Jewish Foster and Adoption Network, which offers prospective parents the chance to come together for support and guidance. This year, for the first time, the organization is offering two tracks: a national cohort and an in-person cohort comprised of local families, couples and individuals seeking to foster or adopt."
Jewish adoption is a possibility for my family because of YATOM
Adoption, foster fellowship names second cohort
Jewish parents looking to adopt face unique challenges
YATOM and the importance of working within the Jewish community
"For parents looking to open their homes to children in the foster care system, it can be surprisingly daunting to navigate the complex system of foster and adoption. That’s the rationale behind a new family fellowship program from Phoenix-based YATOM: The Jewish Foster and Adoption Network, which offers prospective parents the chance to come together for support and guidance. This year, for the first time, the organization is offering two tracks: a national cohort and an in-person cohort comprised of local families, couples and individuals seeking to foster or adopt."
Jewish adoption is a possibility for my family because of YATOM
Adoption, foster fellowship names second cohort
Jewish parents looking to adopt face unique challenges
YATOM and the importance of working within the Jewish community
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
An Orthodox Jewish multiracial family in Montana wants to break taboos about adoption. Read about the amazing Bruk family, THE first recipients of the Yatom micro-grant program.
An Orthodox Jewish multiracial family in Montana wants to break taboos about adoption. Read about the amazing Bruk family, THE first recipients of the Yatom micro-grant program.
The Forward
Allison was in the first cohort of fellows for YATOM: THE JEWISH FOSTER & ADOPTION NETWORK. Yatom, which means orphan in Hebrew, is trying to bring more Jewish families into the public foster care network, where they can foster a series of children as needed or, in some cases, adopt their foster child. Foster care presents its challenges, including having to accommodate the child’s cultural and religious identities in a Jewish home. But Jewish foster parents say that it epitomizes the Jewish value of protecting the vulnerable, and that the Jewish community should start welcoming foster children like it has adopted children.
Allison was in the first cohort of fellows for YATOM: THE JEWISH FOSTER & ADOPTION NETWORK. Yatom, which means orphan in Hebrew, is trying to bring more Jewish families into the public foster care network, where they can foster a series of children as needed or, in some cases, adopt their foster child. Foster care presents its challenges, including having to accommodate the child’s cultural and religious identities in a Jewish home. But Jewish foster parents say that it epitomizes the Jewish value of protecting the vulnerable, and that the Jewish community should start welcoming foster children like it has adopted children.
The Washington Post
I have dreams for all of my children; that their potential will be realized and that they’ll have bright fulfilling lives. But these dreams are tinted by my experience as a white man. When I look back at my own childhood as a time of continuous, unthreatened growth — something that’s far less certain for my foster children of color — I see clearly now that the difference is race
I have dreams for all of my children; that their potential will be realized and that they’ll have bright fulfilling lives. But these dreams are tinted by my experience as a white man. When I look back at my own childhood as a time of continuous, unthreatened growth — something that’s far less certain for my foster children of color — I see clearly now that the difference is race
Jewish Articles
A forgotten mitzvah: Jews should support the Adoption Tax Credit!
Jewish parents looking to adopt face unique challenges
Letters to the Editor: A Fostering Story
G-d’s Blessing Comes with Caring for Widows and Orphans
YATOM and the importance of working within the Jewish community
G-d Is A Foster Parent
What is Our Jewish Community Doing for Vulnerable Children?
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
Putting Foster Children on the Jewish Communal Agenda
Adoption in the Jewish Community
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
A forgotten mitzvah: Jews should support the Adoption Tax Credit!
Jewish parents looking to adopt face unique challenges
Letters to the Editor: A Fostering Story
G-d’s Blessing Comes with Caring for Widows and Orphans
YATOM and the importance of working within the Jewish community
G-d Is A Foster Parent
What is Our Jewish Community Doing for Vulnerable Children?
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
Putting Foster Children on the Jewish Communal Agenda
Adoption in the Jewish Community
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
