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I haven't read all the replies yet, but wanted to let you know that the same thing happened to us, except that they didn't specifically say, "As with all Jewish families...." We went through a Catholic-based agency, so many birth moms assume the families are Catholic and don't ask. To avoid the "ugly scene" and to make it simpler for birth moms, the agency requires ALL families to describe their religious practices in their profile. Apparently, they've even had several Catholic birth moms specifically ask for non-Catholic families, but they wanted to place their baby with a Catholic agency out of familiarity....
It's a messy situation, but better to feel a little put off by a request to re-do your profile now than to have a birth mom change her mind b/c she didn't think to ask the question. We just stated in our profile that we were both born Jewish, don't celebrate Christmas, and enjoy all the "cultural" things about being Jewish like family traditions and big meals at holidays. But we drew the line at posing in front of a menorah, like anyone does that! (Okay, sorry if anyone does, but none of my Jewish friends or relatives has a pic like that...)
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