Merry Madway Eisenstadt
Biography
Merry Madway Eisenstadt, former Staff Writer at the Washington Jewish Week, Rockville, MD, currently pursuing a Master of Science degree at Johns Hopkins University.
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Single Parent By Choice
The day Susan Hoechstetter returned from Guatemala with their adopted infant daughter, her first mailing from AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) had arrived. Hoechstetter, a "single... [more]
The World is not in Neat Categories Any More
Four-year-old Yonina plays with colorful bristle blocks and explains what it means to be adopted. "I was at a hospital, and I grew in my birth mother's belly, and I came out into my mommy's hands,"... [more]
A Bridge Between Cultures: Jewish Couple Adopts Biracial Children
Two-and-a-half-year-old Talia Smerling pushes a toy baby stroller holding her African American doll baby through the lobby of the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center. Smerling is biracial... [more]
Ancient Jewish Tradition
Positive adoption stories are threaded throughout the Bible, though arrangements were generally informal rather than legal. Abraham adopted his servant Eliezer, and Mordecai raised his orphaned... [more]
Many Sets of Roots
Justin and Tali Smith are two adopted Jewish kids who have extensive contact with their biological families. They visit with their biological fathers and extended family members twice a year -on... [more]
