SAMMY SPIDER’S NEW FRIEND In this addition to the Sammy Spider series, bright colors and an easy-to-follow plot work together to teach children the importance of the Jewish custom of hospitality. When a new family moves to town, Josh Shapiro and his parents immediately set to work preparing homemade food…
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 MoreSammy Spider’s New Friend
Sammy Spider’s New Friend will be released this summer (ISBN-10: 0761366636 and ISBN-13: 978-0761366638). Available soon at KarBen. When an Israeli family moves in next door to the Shapiros, Sammy Spider and Josh learn about the Jewish mitzvah of welcoming guests. In the process, they each make a new friend…
Read MoreSammy Spider and PJ Library
Sammy Spider with two of his favorite people, Harold Grinspoon, the founder of PJ Library and Amy Bergman, Director Jewish Family Life of the Lorraine & Jack N. Friedman Commission for Jewish Education, West Palm Beach Florida at the PJ Library Conference at the Pearlstone Center in Baltimore Md. …
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