A RHYMING STORY OF HANUKKAH FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BY SYLVIA ROUSS King Anticochus always wanted his way. He told the Jews, “This is how you must pray!” Judah Maccabee, a strong and brave Jew, Said, “We won’t pray the way you want us to!” He told King Antiochus, “You…
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“Hanukkah Fable” is NOW available on Amazon
Every fable has a moral. On the last night of Hanukkah, a little dreidel learns the important lesson that true happiness comes from just being yourself. The plain wooden dreidel is unhappy that no one is playing the dreidel game. “Nobody notices me”, the dreidel complains to the beautifully lit…
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My Newest Book is a Hanukkah Fable
“The Hanukkah Fable of Little Dreidel and Silver Menorah” My newest book is with my newest publishing partner. I am very pleased to work with MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing, a company that teaches “love and understanding by educating people about the beautiful differences in this world”. Their books are published in both…
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Hanukkah Celebrations with Sammy Spider
For over 25 years , children at home and in their classrooms have celebrated Hanukkah with Sammy Spider. This year, Sammy and I visited children in Ventura and Beverly Hills. Happy Hanukkah to all our friends.
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FIVE LITTLE DREIDELS HAS BEEN SET TO MUSIC
Thanks to Hazzan Sheldon Levin, Cantor of Neve Shalom, Metuchen, NJ and Robert Moss Adult Education Director, Neve Shalom, my Hanukkah poem, Five Little Dreidels (click here to visit the poem), is now a song. Enjoy!!
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Five Little Dreidels, a new rhyme for Hanukkah
Happy Hanukkah to all my friends. Enjoy this rhyme in your class room or at home. IT’S HANUKKAH THE DREIDELS SHOUT, TIME FOR LOTS OF FUN. COME AND JOIN THE PARTY. START SPINNING EVERYONE.
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