by Debra Darvick | Mar 27, 2020 | Musings
Pesach 5780 Why is this night different from all other nights? On all other nights guests wedge themselves around dining tables, seated thigh to thigh like rush-hour subway riders. On this night we Zoom. On all other nights sideboards and tables muster muscles...
by Debra Darvick | Feb 2, 2018 | Musings
When I met David Bergman, before I even began to interview him to include his story in This Jewish Life, he said me, “Never refer to me or anyone else who was in a concentration camp as a “prisoner.” A prisoner has been incarcerated for breaking the law. We...
by Debra Darvick | Oct 26, 2017 | Musings
“There’s nothing like it,” my friends began saying. “Nothing in the world!” They weren’t talking kale or cilantro. Or the season’s best read. They were talking grandchildren. Yes, grandchildren. “Just wait,” they’d say, smug with a knowledge that admittedly I didn’t...
by Debra Darvick | Nov 18, 2015 | Musings
I’ve sometimes shared posts by my friend Dr. Kelly Flanagan, on my FB page. I admire his take on life, child-rearing, and relationships. This week I couldn’t agree with him as he wrote about ISIS and their most recent attacks. Though we’ve never...
by Debra Darvick | Apr 23, 2015 | Musings
I love Ruth Kraus’ book A Hole is to Dig. It was one of the early ones I read to Elliot and Emma when they were little. In this sweet and simply illustrated book, holes are for digging, looking through, stepping into and hiding things in. Between the covers of A...
by Debra Darvick | Mar 30, 2015 | Musings, Read the Spirit, Uncategorized
Passover Seder ranks as every Jew’s number one most favorite, most highly attended, most fondly remembered, most eagerly anticipated of any holiday dinner of the year. OK, you’ll hear good-natured kvetching from the women who spend the weeks cleaning the...
