Hi Genners Has anyone ever dealt with adoption issues. A distant relative married a women who was adopted and grew up in a Jewish Conservative home in NJ. Her parents told her that the biological mother was Jewish. She grew up and married my relative by a Conservative Rabbi. They have 2 children. Now when the oldest child is to become a Bar Mitzvah, the Orthodox Rabbi is demanding proof of the mother being Jewish. The mother's parents died when she was around 12 years old and was then again adopted by her parents best friends. The woman never doubted that she was Jewish. The woman was never interested in searching for her biological mother and doesn't have any information about her. When it was suggested that the children be converted anyway, the rabbi said that he couldn't convert a Jew if he was Jewish already. Any suggestions about how to deal with a situation like this?
