When you die, there are so many things your family and loved ones immediately need to know.
Two Envelopes is your voice, conveying your final wishes regarding your death and your estate.
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THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE from Amazon in hardcover, paperback and Kindle.
The book also is available from Barnes & Noble, Walmart or through the independent bookstore of your choice.
Rusty’s Schedule—
Rusty appears on podcasts, both video and audio, and she speaks in small groups as well as at larger conferences. (Here’s a story about one of her appearances.)
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2026—MARCH
March 4, 12-Noon—”Learning Cafe” with Congregation Achduth Vesholom, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
March 12, 1 p.m.—Harry & Rose Samson Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
March 19, 10:30 a.m.—Temple Beth El’s Beth Elders. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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PREVIOUS APPEARANCES
Temple Solel, 6805 E. McDonald Drive Paradise Valley, Arizona
St. George’s Episcopal Church, 801 E. Commerce Road, Milford, Michigan.
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills.
Detroit Jewish Book Fair, Jewish Community Center, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
Shimon and Sarah Birnbaum Jewish Community Center, Bridgewater, New Jersey.
First United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor.
Flushing Area Senior Center, 106 Elm Street, Flushing, Michigan.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield, Michigan. A conversation with Rabbi Aaron Starr.
Leisure World of Maryland, Rossmoor Blvd., Silver Spring, Maryland.
OHR Kodesh Congregation, 8300 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Riderwood Senior Living Community, 3140 Gracefield Road, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Swartz Creek Senior Center, 8095 Civic Dr, Swartz Creek, Michigan.
Merage Jewish Community Center, Washington DC.
National Council of Jewish Women/Michigan, Southfield, Michigan.
West Bloomfield Author Fair, West Bloomfield, Michigan.
JCC of Greater Buffalo, Amherst, New York.
ORT along with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
White Lake Township Library, White Lake, Michigan.
Temple Shir Shalom, West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Caring Coalition Conference, West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Health & Wellness Expo, JCC of Greater Washington DC.
Richardson Center with the Commerce Township Library, Michigan.
Rusty in the News—
AUTHOR RUSTY ROSMAN has been helping families nationwide with her new book, Two Envelopes. Below are many links to newspapers, magazines and podcasts—but please start with this article in Grand magazine—and you’ll understand how helpful this can be.
Podcast: End of Life Conversations
Podcast: Crow’s Feet: Life as We Age
It’s now ‘Local News’ for everyone nationwide: Rusty Rosman’s book is ‘easing tensions when a loved one dies’ This column explains how a widely shared news story about Rusty’s work is touching lives coast to coast.
Podcast: “Writers on Writers over a Triple Espresso” is one of the best places to meet and learn about exciting new authors online, these days. Host Patrick Greenwood welcomed Rusty for a spirited and inspiring conversation.
Podcast: The popular Jewish series Seekers of Meaning featured an inspiring interview with Rusty. You can enjoy the conversation here.
The Jewish Book Council nationally is recommending Rusty’s book to affiliates nationwide. Here is the Book Council’s book page for Two Envelopes and here is the Book Council’s author page for Rusty.
The Detroit Jewish News writer Shari Cohen profiled Rusty and recommended her book.
Grief Healing, an online magazine that provides resources for “grief and transition,” published a recommendation of Rusty’s book, headlined: Voices of Experience
Podcast: Nationally known interviewer Mark Turnbull welcomes Rusty to his Aging Today podcast.
Frequently asked questions: Rusty writes about one of the questions she hears when speaking with community groups: “What will I wear when I’m dead?” AND, for news coverage of a big event where Rusty spoke about these issues, you’ll enjoy reading the story headlined: “An Idea Incubator at a Creative Church“
A ReadTheSpirit magazine overview: Rusty Rosman invites us to shape our own legacies through ‘Two Envelopes’
A delicious legacy: In this column, Rusty shares the story of her annual process for preparing—and transporting—a huge quantity of home-made matzah ball soup. She calls this “Nema’s Traveling Matzah Ball Soup“
Get the free “Book Club Questions” for Two Envelopes
Connect with Rusty Rosman
This book is helpful to everyone because everyone comes from a family in which all of us are aging.
You can follow Rusty on her Facebook page at RustyRosmanAuthor—or on Instagram at TheRustyRosman. If you would like to connect with Rusty Rosman to have her speak to your book club or organization, please email her at [email protected]. You also can “follow” Rusty on her Amazon author page.
Your friends and colleagues will thank you for organizing an opportunity to meet Rusty, whether it be in person or via a Zoom call. Reach out today.
You can call Rusty directly at 248-909-9496
A heart-felt endorsement
Considering an appearance by Rusty? Rabbi Aaron Starr of Michigan’s historic Congregation Shaarey Zedek writes:
I hosted a recent book conversation with author Rusty Rosman. Certainly, the book itself is an excellent resource. In an age in which families are fighting more and more, Two Envelopes offers an important resource to individuals and couples to gift their families with all the necessary and important information that provides peace of mind. …
Even more, as a presenter, Rusty is an entertaining and informative speaker who conveys with love and experience a path to help people prepare their families for the inevitable. She and I engaged in warm, heartfelt, and occasionally humorous conversation, and attendees left excited not only to buy her book, but ready to tackle the difficult task of preparing for their own demise. I recommend that you consider hosting her for a similar conversation.
Rabbi Aaron Starr, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield, Michigan
Early Readers Are Saying—
A must read for every senior! An excellent way to share the most important information with your family. The author is very insightful on the needs of families. This book is an incredible gift to/for your family.
Ida Goutman, CEO Cruz Clinic Psychiatric and Psychological Care
My mother was diagnosed with a terminal illness. During this stressful and confusing time, the guidance set out in what was then a draft of Two Envelopes helped ground and organize my mother. She focused on what she wanted to do as outlined in this book and then proceeded to do it. She felt she had a measure of control in a situation that afforded her little control. Our family was so grateful to have this guide. Two Envelopes gave all of us comfort and peace of mind.
Elizabeth Sandler, a daughter of an early user of Two Envelopes
As Rusty Rosman shows us, it is never too soon to gather our loved ones and pose the hard questions that will ensure our wishes are honored both in life and in death. With deep gratitude to Rusty, we have her exceptionally comprehensive book, giving us the permission to gather with loved ones and have productive conversations we all need to share.
Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, CEO of the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network
