Danny Maseng

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Apr 10, 2025, 5:41 AM

Pesach is the holiday that teaches us to rid ourselves of the dross in our lives. It is the holiday of the eradication of Hametz -- the fermenting element needed for dough to rise. Get rid of the yeast and, with...

Mar 22, 2025, 11:11 AM

Like A Bird Out The Window

A Jew very much wanted to become a circus performer. One day, when the circus was in town, the Jew went and looked for the circus manager. “What do you want?” Asked the manager. “I want to be in the circus,”...

Mar 10, 2025, 7:27 AM

Requiem for a Hasid

In 1772, a child is born in Medzibuz, Ukraine. He is the son of a rabbi, a nephew of a rabbi, and a great grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, the iconic founder of the Hasidic movement, a reformative,...

Mar 2, 2025, 2:58 PM

Teach Your Children Well

My great grandfather, Shmuel Bloom, was orphaned at a young age in his little hometown in Lithuania. Barely surviving, hungry, weak of body – but never of mind or spirit – he would earn some precious money by reciting...

Feb 13, 2025, 5:06 AM

Crossing The Rubicon

At a news conference in the White House last week, the President of the United States proposed an ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip. The President suggested removing the Palestinians of Gaza to other countries, while expressing his desire...

Jan 29, 2025, 6:23 AM

It’s Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Tisha B’Av

July in the Wisconsin countryside can be bucolically beautiful. For Jews, July in Wisconsin, in certain years, can also mean the advent of Tisha B’Av, the somber day commemorating the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem. A day of...

Dec 16, 2024, 7:46 AM

What my grandfather Rabbi Harry Davidowitz never told me

A street newly named for him recognizes one of the many stories I never knew, his role in writing Israel’s Declaration of Independence

Nov 12, 2024, 6:00 AM

Guard your tongue from evil…

The American elections are finally over. The results of the elections have left many jubilant and quite a few of us crestfallen. I hope with all my heart the winning side will bring about peace around the world and prosperity...

Oct 16, 2024, 6:14 AM

Suffering does not guarantee wisdom. I know this because I come from a land populated by two peoples who have known great suffering. A land where suffering could have, should have, nurtured compassion and empathy for the suffering of...

Sep 18, 2024, 1:26 PM

Invoking Vengeance

How to read sacred texts? This is not merely a technical question, nor does it apply only to those engaged in the study of Bible. How such text is read and interpreted has a direct impact on events around...

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Rabbi Danny Maseng is a composer, singer, clergy member and author living in California.

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