My award winning book Reach for the Stars, A Little Torah’s Journey recounts the travels of a small Torah that passed from the hands of a dedicated rabbi to a young Holocaust survivor, and finally to Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who carried it into space on the doomed space shuttle…
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A New Journey Begins
Someone either said or wrote, “Life is a journey, not a destination”. A “Google search” linked me to a site that said it might be authored by Ralph Waldo Emerson, but more likely Aerosmith – who knew? Over three decades spent with three year old children from 9 am to…
Read MoreA Good Book Can Prevent Bedtime Battles
As a nursery school teacher, I’ve often heard parents lament about the difficulty of putting their child to bed. Many admitted that they allowed their child to stay up until they went to bed. All too often, the child would simply end up in the parent’s bed because it was…
Read More9 Back-to-School Mistakes Parents Make
My daughter Shannan is the Executive Editor for Glo, an online magazine. When she recently wrote an article on the “9 Back-to-School Mistakes Parents Make”, she interviewed me. But to read “Rouss told Rouss” sounded odd, so she used my maiden name. I especially enjoy writing with my daughter and…
Read More“…the beauty, magic, and inspiration for real life living and learning”
“Real life through Jewish eyes is what Sylvia Rouss brings to readers. The Rabbi and the Firefighters: Stories to Inspire Children touches its readers with the beauty, magic, and inspiration for real life living and learning. Compelling, authentic, and poignant, The Rabbi and the Firefighters: Stories to Inspire Children, opens…
Read MoreMemories of a Game Show Contestant
Have I ever shared the story of how I went on Family Feud to win the money to buy our first house? Didn’t think I had. What seems like ages ago, at a time when I had only been married 5 years (we are celebrating our 39th anniversary this Shabbat),…
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