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The recent news that Ian Jacob Baron, the 22-year-old Montgomery County man accused of recently desecrating B’nai Shalom Synagogue in Olney, was raised by adoptive Jewish parents shocked me … and yet didn’t shock me. You may recall that not so long ago, in October of 2008, we had a somewhat similar case here in “Charm City.” Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and Beth Tfiloh Synagogue were also hit by anti-Semitic vandalism and graffiti, during the High Holiday season no less. Their lawn signs for the Associated campaign were defaced. And it turned out that the perpetrators were young men of reportedly Jewish backgrounds, according to the police. Of course, the two cases are quite different. Baron described himself to police as a neo-Nazi who is active in the white supremacist movement. I’m not excusing them but the two young adults… read more

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I have 2 adopted boys. Both had Jewish birthmothers. Both have turned against their heritage and tradition. They are agnostics. They are good people but were never mentored by anyone who loved the tradition and history, even though we, as parents, tried. We always observed holidays, went to services moderately, the kids went to Hebrew school, had bar mitzvahs. Neither wants to identify themselves with Judaism. If asked, they claim to be people who believe in a higher power and that organized religion stifles them. I think their anger came more from being adopted and they felt that religion but contraints on them, not of their own choosing.

Posted by Jewish Mom on 09/04/10 at 01:06 PM

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