SAMMY SPIDER’S FIRST WEDDING Author: Sylvia A. Rouss Illustrator: Katherine Janus Kahn The very busy spider who has celebrated many Jewish holidays now adds a festive ceremony to his catalog of experiences. The little eight-legged one watches as Mr. Shapiro and his family build a chuppah, or Jewish wedding canopy,…
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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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WHY I AM CLOSING MY FACEBOOK PAGE
I was never sure if Facebook was a good tool to publicize my writing, but now I am sure that it’s a good tool to spread hate propaganda. SO, ON THANKSGIVING DAY, I WILL CLOSE MY FACEBOOK PAGE AND CANCEL MY ACCOUNT WITH FACEBOOK. An article in the New York Times…
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First Peek at Sammy Spider’s First Wedding, To Be Released March 2019
Uh oh! Curious Sammy Spider slips from his web and accidentally accompanies the Shapiro family to a wedding. Sammy watches the Jewish ceremony as the bride and groom stand under the beautiful chuppah, hears the seven wedding blessings, and, phew, narrowly escapes as the groom’s foot breaks the wedding glass.…
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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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