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 | Jan 19, 2010 | Musings
I am blessed to know a lot of interesting people who engage me in thought-provoking conversations throughout the year. I’ve often wondered how to share them with you without turning a social event or conversation after religious services into work for me and...
by Debra Darvick | Nov 24, 2009 | Bookshelf
I’ve always recoiled from the categories: “children’s Holocaust literature” and “Holocaust picture books.” Can’t we leave children alone? Can’t we allow them their innocence without putting our angst upon the heads of...
by Debra Darvick | May 21, 2008 | Bookshelf
This week’s read kept me turning the pages, except when naturalist Diane Ackerman’s marvelous digressions into botany, linguistics, and Nazi Germany’s monstrous goals to reprogram the entire genome of the planet stopped me in my tracks. Ackerman recounts the...
