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),…
Read MoreThat’s the Matzah Sound!
MATZAH Sing to Pop Goes the Weasel by Sylvia Rouss There is a food we like to munch, When Passover comes around. When you bite it, it goes CRUNCH! That’s the Matzah sound!
Read More“Simon Says?”
As a Jewish educator, I have the obligation and privilege to teach the next generation of Jews. I am a firm believer that Jewish children are, not just Jewish on the holidays and Shabbat, but are Jewish every day. Yesterday the children reconfirmed my belief. I was asking them to…
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