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Totally Unexpected!Malka Groden - Motherhood of Choice: Infertility, Adoption, Race & Everything in BetweenChavie and Malka begin the conversation by reflecting on their shared experience of marrying young and expecting to have children right away. They discuss the harsh reality of infertility, the emotional toll of repeated interventions, and the pivotal decision to stop and consider new options. Together, they break down the step-by-step process of choosing adoption, challenging the notions of a homogeneous family where everyone looks alike and shares the same background. Malka shares her experience of adopting a Black child while living in Crown Heights, where the values established by the Lubavitcher Rebbe promote inclusivity, yet daily life presented...2025-04-071h 52
Are You Kidding Me?What’s race got to do with it?Loving homes are important for adoptive children, regardless of the race of the adoptee. But recent articles from the Brookings Institution and America Magazine have called into question whether race is a more important factor when matching a child with their adoptive parents. Particularly, they suggest that white parents adopting black children can be damaging. Should adoption be determined by race or by merit? What are the consequences of limiting adoption to only racial matches? In this episode, Naomi and Ian are joined by Malka Groden, adoptive mother of two young children and deputy director of development at...2020-09-2317 min
Extra Sauce with Chaim Kohn9. The Most Real Parents I've Ever Met - Conversation with Malka and Mendel GrodenMeet Malka and Mendel Groden...the most real parents I've ever met. I sat down with my friend Mendel Groden and his wife Malka for an up close and honest conversation about their journey together as a couple and as parents. Hear their unique story of navigating the rollercoaster of emotions that come with fertility treatments, adoption, race, and discovering the miracle that already is. Mendel and Malka are so refreshingly honest, wise, and fun to listen to. Oh if only more parents were as real as these two... More...2019-09-181h 24
The Tikvah PodcastMalka Groden on the Jewish Family and America’s Adoption CrisisOn any given day, there are more than 400,000 children in foster care in the United States, and as the opioid epidemic continues to ravage communities across America, that number is only growing. Thousands upon thousands of American children are crying out for the stability and care that comes from living in families, and yet, many American families who want to adopt turn overseas rather than adopting a child born domestically. Malka Groden and her husband made a different choice. Born and raised in the Lubavitch hasidic community, Malka always planned to have a large biological family. But...2019-03-1344 min