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call Kathleen Park
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parents, in addition to feed-
ing schedules and sleeping
habits.
The agency that serves the
Jewish community directly is
Jewish Family Service. Birth
mothers come to them from
referrals by doctors, lawyers,
hospitals, and word of mouth.
But JFS places very few
babies. According to Eleanor
Keys, "Through September of
1986, we have placed three
babies, and over the last
three years an average of
three to five babies have been
placed each year."
JFS's requirements are
similar to Oakland except
.that both the husband and
wife must be Jewish and live
in the Detroit vicinity. They
•cannot be older than 40 years
old at the time of adoption,
and a letter requiring good
health must be supplied by a
physician. "Couples are also
counseled on the process of
conversion to Judaism for the
child," adds Keys. "During
the time of foster care,
Jewish Family Service ar-
ranges for a boy's circumci-
sion to be performed by a
mohel."
One local Jewish couple,
who spoke on condition that
their names not be used, was
prevented from adding their
names to the list at JFS. "Be-
cause my husband had a
child from a previous mar-
riage," the adoptive mother
says, "we were not considered
childless by the agency even
though I was infertile. We
didn't even have custody of
his child. We eventually
adopted a baby girl through
Catholic Social Services, a
Torch Drive agency that
serves the whole community."
Keys explains, "Unfortu-
nately, with so few babies
available to us, we cannot
consider this couple childless.
There will be times when his
child will spend time with
them."
A concept which may speed
the process at JFS is the Re-
ferred Adoption Program
- couple waiting to- adopt' refers- - ---
a birth mother to JFS and .-
the child is relinquished to
another dthiple 'ori the list,

then the referring couple is
automatically put at the top
of the waiting list and they
are eligible for the next child.
Another Oakland County
couple was able to adopt their
son within six months by
using this option.
"The initial interviews by
Jewish Family Service, how-
ever, were a particularly
grueling experience for us,"
says this same couple. "Ques-
tions centered around the re-
lationship between us and
our parents, grandparents,
and our siblings. We were
also interviewed individually
six times each and then
jointly each month after re-
ceiving our son until the
adoption was finalized a year
later." Keys of JFS responds
that "In depth interviews are
a very necessary part of the
adoption. Much of what we
learn about the reasons a
couple chooses to adopt and
attitudes toward parenting
comes from a thorough exam-
ination of their past history.
Most couples tell us that they
got to know themselves much
better through these inter-
views."
JFS will place only one
child with adoptive parents.
This same Oakland County
couple then chose to adopt a
second child through a pri-
vate, out-of-state adoption
four years later. That adop-
tion was finalized within six
months. The home study was
completed locally by a social
service agency.
Michigan has one of the
most restrictive adoption
laws in the country. Because
so few babies are being
placed for adoption, and all
adoptions are processed
through social service agen-
cies with extremely long
waiting lists, many couples
are turning to other states
with less restrictive laws and
limited residency require-
ment.
In addition to the cumber-
some adoption process,
Jewish couples are also faced
with the requirements of
Conversion for' their child.
Conversion ' to' Judaism
must be ' cOnsidered :when

