Hava

Family photos show trips to see Melissa, Daniel's birth mother, and Hava's mother.

Whatever Happened To ... the family in the open adoptions 2011

Hava's boundaries with Jonathan have changed, too.

Whatever Happened To ... the family in the open adoptions 2011

Hava has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder, bouts of severe depression and an eating disorder.

Whatever Happened To ... the family in the open adoptions 2011

Instead, Jonathan plays Nintendo in the family room, elbow to elbow with his 11-year-old brother, Daniel, also adopted, as their parents, Larry and Ann Goldfarb, catch up with birth mother Hava Leichtman in another room of their Great Falls home.

Whatever Happened To ... the family in the open adoptions 2011

"Before I left to see her, I told them, 'Hava is very, very sick, and we may not see her again,'" Ann says.

Whatever Happened To ... the family in the open adoptions 2011

Indeed, it was named after Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, a musicologist who also wrote the classic tune "Hava Nagila."

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So if you're looking to lose that Jewish jiggle, crank up the Hava Nagilah and go get your schvitz on.

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Abir Sultan/European Pressphoto Agency GENTLE: A child held the hand of one of a roomful of nude clay sculptures in 'Town Square,' an artwork by Israeli artist Hava Raucher, at the Artists House gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday.

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So if you're looking to lose that Jewish jiggle, crank up the Hava Nagilah and go get your schvitz on.

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Never comfortable with open adoption, Bruce has "disappeared, for good," Hava says.

Whatever Happened To ... the family in the open adoptions 2011