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My beautiful baby girl was adopted at birth (US domestic infant adoption). Her birth parents are not Jewish.
When she was around 6 months old, our rabbi held a beautiful conversion ceremony for her and a group of other adopted babies.
I am not sure if all of the parents were members or not. We are actually not members of the temple. Our son went to preschool at the temple. Our daughter now goes for infant care. So that is how we knew about him.
It didn't matter if your baby was caucasion (ours is) or born out of the country, etc. All that matterd was the adoptive parents (really the parents) wanted their baby converted to Judaism.
Interestingly enough, conversions are only done for baby girls. A mikva is performed. Since we live in S. Florida, we met at the beach. The babies were dunked in the water by one parent. A bunch of prayers were said..then they were officially welcomed into the Jewish life.
FYI..boys do not get converted. They normally get a bris. They are considered Jewish at that time.
A few weeks after the "dunking" ceremony, we received a lovely certificate from the temple. It was inscribed with our daughter's hebrew name. It officially welcomed her into the land of Judaism. She is now considered a Jew in every aspect.
Now here are some humorous things about our daughter. She is this gorgeous blonde hair/blue eyed princess. We all have brown hair & brown eyes.
She LOVES matzo balls, gefilte fish, blintzes, bagels with creme cheese & lox... um hummontosh cookies, knish's... LOL! and many many more. She LOVES to eat! She is of course this tiny little girl (her bmom is only 5 ft) with an adorable round tummy.
Anyway- good luck & best wishes with your future plans!
Julie
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