The Culture of Adoption

Faces Of Change

Adoptioil brings Politics together.

are, fivin left, Anthony Anibrogio, Jose Hecker,

Airca llasopolos and Jodie,

Gustavo and David Hecko:

Multicultural children add a new dimension
to American Jewish families.

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an Adler recalls
walking into a
Star Bakery
with her adopt-
ed Korean daughter
Jineene. Then 5, Jineene
stepped up to the counter
and ordered a half-pound
of kuchen. The man
standing beside her asked
with surprise, You know
what that is?"
"Of course, I do,"
Jineene replied, aston-
ished by his question.
"I'm Jewish."
Most of us take our
Jewishness for granted.
We don't have to define
ourselves to others
because of the way we
look. But like it or not,
the look of the modern
Jewish family is changing
at all levels of observance
as more and more Jewish
adoptive parents are
turning to international
adoptions. FACES on page 10

As more Jewish parents raise foreign-born children,

they make us rethink "what it means to be a Jew."