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3.10.2007

chinese adoptees enter jewish womanhood

The New York Times has a story on the generation of Chinese girls adopted by Jewish parents who are now coming of age and taking the rite of passage into Jewish womanhood—bat mitzvah: Journey From a Chinese Orphanage to a Jewish Rite of Passage. You'd think the usual narrative would be that kids are growing up all confused, but the article seems to indicate that the kids are pretty well-adjusted and comfortable with their identities.