"Why wouldn't convert? "
This is a sad question for me. I always assumed that the lovely story I was told about my birthfamily..."They were a wealthy Jewish couple who traveled too much to have a child"...was my mom's fantasy. Now I question if it was more a necessity for her to believe it! Neither my brother nor myself were converted. I don't think my mom wanted to acknowledge our biology that much. We were told we were adopted.....but we were also told we had the same allergies as mom. (we don't) It's hard to explain, but I think her ability to accept us as adopted has to end with her. there were no other parties involved....as in a non jewish birthmother. Wow....so I guess my kids aren't really jewish either? I just may have to go have a talk with my Rabbi about this....to see what we can do. Maybe a group conversion? Oy! Debi
(My brother had his bar mitzvah in a conservative temple, I would bet they never mentioned the adoption! Talk about denial!)
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