Adoption and the Jewish Family
by Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg (non-fiction)

Few rabbis have special training on adoption issues, yet almost 3 percent of today's Jewish families are created by adoption. ADOPTION AND THE JEWISH FAMILY focuses on the primary issues that confront these families, issues that until now have never been addressed in a Jewish context.

Beginning with a chapter on Jewish laws concerning adoption, the book examines the latest medical, psychological, social, and religious wisdom on raising an adopted child in the Jewish community. The author conducted over 100 interviews with those involved in the adoption process, talking to birth parents, adoptive parents, rabbis, social workers, psychologists, and of course, the adoptees themselves.

ADOPTION AND THE JEWISH FAMILY is an invaluable resource to those families affected by adoption or considering it, and the book includes an up-to-date listing of resources and organizations that can guide the Jewish adoptive family.

Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg, an adoptive parent is a special needs consultant in the Philadelphia Jewish community, and has conducted numerous adoption workshops for parents and educators.

256 pages, 6" x 9" trim size, paper, ISBN 0-8276-0653-2
Publication Date: October 1998
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