Cantor Donn Rosensweig was born and raised in Kingston, PA. In high school he served as an officer in the Middle Atlantic Region of Jewish Center Youth and was awarded the Nelson Prize as the outstanding teen in the Jewish Community Center of Wilkes-Barre, PA.. He graduated from Hobart College with a B.A. in Political Science, having served as President of the Jewish students' group-the Temple Club. He earned an M.A.T. in English from Oberlin College and taught secondary English for a time before going to New York to pursue a career in the theater.
While there, he studied voice, dance and acting with, among others, Lee Strasberg. He sang with a professional synagogue choir, accompanying some of the great hazzanim of the era. He accepted the offer of cantorial soloist at Temple Beth Shalom, in Clifton, New Jersey, and studied with Cantor Asher Balaban and Cantor Joseph Malovany. In 1985, he graduated with a B.A. in Sacred Music and Cantorial Certification from Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, School of Sacred Music. In 1986, he was called to the pulpit at Temple Emanuel.
Cantor Rosensweig has been active over the years with the Andover Clergy Association, the Jewish Ministers Cantors Association and the American Conference of Cantors, having served several terms on its national board. He presently serves as President of the New England Board of Cantors and President of the Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation.
Cantor Rosensweig lives in Andover with his wife, Ruth, a reference librarian at Memorial Hall Library. They have two sons, Matthew and Daniel.
