search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for Adoption and the Jewish Family
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
xi
4
INTRODUCTION
xv
CHAPTER 1 The Halakhah of Adoption: What Jewish Law Says
1
24
Was I Born Jewish?
3
3
The Transformative Rituals of Conversion
6
6
Differences in Conversion Laws and Rituals
12
3
In Actual Practice
15
3
What's in a Name?
18
3
As the Adopted Child Grows
21
4
CHAPTER 2 Building Jewish Identity
25
24
Adoption and Identity
27
6
What Is Jewish Identity?
33
3
I Don't Look Jewish
36
2
Are Parents Ambivalent?
38
2
Acknowledging Difference
40
3
Doing Jewish
43
2
But They Still Want to Celebrate Christmas
45
4
CHAPTER 3 Roots and Branches: Searching for Birth Family
49
32
Why Search?
51
3
A Search for Meaning
54
4
An Undeniable Need
58
1
The Importance of Preparation
59
2
When to Search
61
2
How to Search
63
3
What Are You Really Looking For?
66
2
What Are You Afraid Of?
68
2
When a Reunion Takes Place
70
6
When There Is No Reunion
76
1
Search and Reunion: A Lifelong Process
77
4
CHAPTER 4 Open Adoption: From Secrecy to Full Disclosure
81
26
How Open Is Open?
83
4
The Rhythm of Open Adoption
87
4
Open Adoption as Evolution
91
2
Open from the Start
93
2
The Challenges
95
2
The Benefits
97
5
Making Open Adoption Work
102
3
Choosing Other Options
105
2
CHAPTER 5 A Jewish Rainbow: Transcultural and Transracial Adoption
107
28
Medical Challenges
108
10
Claiming Identities
118
2
Straddling Multiple Identities
120
3
Promoting Diversity
123
2
Jews of Color
125
5
Searching for Solutions
130
2
Sibling Rivalry with a Twist
132
1
Still a Minority
133
2
CHAPTER 6 Three Times Different: Disabilities, Adoption, and Judaism
135
22
Joining a Different Club: Adopting a Child with a Visible Disability
137
5
Invisible Disabilities: Unexpectedly Joining the Club
142
4
Nature Versus Nurture
146
2
Learning the Parameters
148
3
Painful Questions...Difficult Answers
151
6
CHAPTER 7 One Plus One Equals...A Family: Singles Adopting
157
16
The Decision to Adopt
159
3
How High Are the Hurdles?
162
3
The Jewish Community and Singles
165
3
Where the Buck Stops
168
2
Kids Who Remember
170
3
CHAPTER 8 The New Jewish Family: Gays and Lesbians Adopting
173
18
A Decision with Far-Reaching Effects
174
5
Can We Do This?: The Process and Its Implications
179
3
After Adoption: Layers of Diversity
182
4
In the Jewish Community
186
5
CHAPTER 9 Sisters, Brothers, Bubbes, Zaydes, and the Whole Mishpakha
191
22
Adopted and Biological Siblings: Acknowledging Differences
193
3
The Difference We Don't Discuss
196
4
Fair Doesn't Mean Equal
200
2
Who Came First?
202
2
Other Constellations
204
3
Bubbes, Zaydes...and All the Rest
207
6
CHAPTER 10 Adoption and the Jewish Community
213
24
Through the Formative Years
215
7
The Jewish Community's Special Role
222
2
Family Service Agencies: Helping Adoptive Parents Help Themselves
224
4
Synagogues and Religious Leaders Offer Important Support
228
4
Schools Leave an Indelible Mark
232
5
EPILOGUE
237
2
APPENDICES
239
48
Ametz HaBrit, Adopting the Covenant: Jewish Adoption Rituals
239
30
National Adoption Organizations
269
6
Resources for People Touched by Adoption
275
12
BIBLIOGRAPHY
287
4
INDEX
291