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US soldiers pose with three of the ten abandoned dogs from the Gaza border that they will adopt. (Let the Animals Live)
February 9, 2026, 1:12 am
US soldiers who served near Gaza adopt abandoned dogs
After service members bonded with three adult dogs and seven puppies during war, 2 animal rights groups partner to fly the animals to the new owners, now back in America
By Sue Surkes
Hayim Nissim Cohen and his nine adopted sons in a photo posted to their family Facebook page in 2021. (Facebook; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 10, 2025, 11:49 pm
Fake Hasidic TikTok rabbi sentenced to 135 years for sexually abusing adoptive sons
Hayim Nissim Cohen, born Jeffrey Lujan Vejil, pleads guilty to sexual assault three years after arrest following allegations by one of 9 children
By JTA
Gabe and Liz Rutan-Ram in a still from a campaign ad from Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. (YouTube)
July 12, 2024, 10:14 am
US religious freedom drive backs Jewish couple barred from Christian adoption agency
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State makes Gabe and Liz Rutan-Ram’s struggle to adopt the centerpiece of their critique of conservative think tank’s Project 2025
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Hundreds protest in support of the right of LGBTQ couples to adopt children, outside the Ministry of Absorption in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 28, 2023, 9:34 pm
High Court rules same-sex adoption must be allowed, in landmark decision
Court asserts 1981 adoption law was written to ensure children are adopted to two-parent families, not specifically heterosexual couples, despite use of words ‘man and his wife’
By Jeremy Sharon
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram (Courtesy American United)
August 26, 2023, 7:52 am
Jewish couple in Tennessee cleared to sue adoption agency for alleged religious bias
Appeals court reverses earlier ruling blocking lawsuit by Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram against state agency that refused to work with them because they’re Jewish
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A family at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, before the start of a hearing on the Child Adoption Law, on August 2, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 5:43 pm
High Court hears petition on adoption by LGBTQ couples: ‘Decision cannot be avoided’
Justice Uzi Vogelman says ruling on matter will be necessary as there is ‘no prospect that this will come to legislation’
By ToI Staff
Welfare Minister Ya'akov Margi at a Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 27, 2023, 4:59 pm
Shas’s welfare minister to court: Same-sex adoption against child’s best interests
AG favors legislation that would broaden the interpretation of the current adoption law to includes same-sex couples
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Newborn babies at the English Mission Hospital, in Nazareth, October 31, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 30, 2023, 7:29 pm
High Court ends Orthodox monopoly on conversion of non-Jewish kids up for adoption
After 20-year legal battle, state agrees to examine each such adoption on a case-by-case basis instead of continuing blanket mandate
By ToI Staff
Oren Levy filming with his video camera in a still from 'I am Not.' (Courtesy/ Itai Raziel)
March 21, 2023, 3:37 pm
What’s in a name? Poignant documentary plumbs identity of complex Israeli young man
Screening in Boston on March 21, Tomer Heymann’s award-winning film ‘I am Not’ follows Oren, an adopted Guatemala-born Israeli, on a journey beyond his multiple diagnoses
By Rich Tenorio
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana delivers a speech at the Knesset on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
February 22, 2023, 10:55 pm
Knesset shoots down opposition bill to enable adoption for same sex couples
Openly gay Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana bucks coalition position, votes for legislation sponsored by MK Yorai Lahav-Hertzano, who slams government as most LGBTQ-phobic ever
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Children run over the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge over the Moskva River while taking part in the 'Running Hearts' Charity Race with St. Basil's Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 1, 2022, 8:54 pm
Moscow moves to ban adoption of Russian children by citizens of ‘unfriendly’ nations
Russia’s expanded list of such countries to include Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and the entire EU
By AFP
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram (Courtesy American United)
July 6, 2022, 1:02 am
Tennessee judges dismiss Jewish couple’s lawsuit alleging religious bias in adoption
Americans United for Separation of Church & State plans to appeal 2-1 ruling which states that law in question ‘does not single out people of the Jewish faith’
By JONATHAN MATTISE
Marjorie Margolies with adopted daughters Lee Heh and Holly in this undated photo. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2022, 3:01 am
Clinton in-law and former House rep talks about small kindness and raising a village
In her new memoir/parenting guide ‘And How are the Children?,’ Marjorie Margolies describes the diverse family she cobbled together while fighting for social equality
By Cathryn J. Prince
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram went to court after an adoption agency disqualified them for being Jewish. (Courtesy of Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram/via JTA)
February 2, 2022, 3:23 am
Disqualified by a Christian adoption agency, a US Jewish couple talks about identity
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram say they were outspoken about their Jewishness, though they suspected it might be an issue – but that didn’t stop the discrimination from hurting
By Asaf Shalev
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram (Courtesy American United)
January 21, 2022, 5:50 am
Christian adoption agency accused of discrimination after refusing Jewish couple
Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram suing Tennessee, which funds Holston United Methodist Home, in first challenge to 2020 law giving agencies room to not help those of other creeds
By Shira Hanau
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