Books
A Woman for All Seasons
– Commentary, September 1991.Abstract: One often hears it said, and not only by outsiders, that Judaism is a male-dominated religion that does not properly appreciate its women. The blame for this attitude, say many… More
Man and Woman: An Old Story
– First Things, November 1991.Excerpt: Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and how different? How much is difference due to nature, how much to culture? What… More
Regarding Daughters and Sisters: The Rape of Dinah
– Commentary, April 1992.Abstract: Ever since I was a boy, long before I had a wife and daughters, I have always thought and keenly felt that rape is a capital offense, a crime worse even than murder. For the… More
Educating Father Abraham: The Meaning of Wife
– First Things, November 1994.Excerpt: It is not exactly traditional to speak about the education of Abraham. Pious tales of the patriarch regard him as a precocious monotheist even before God calls him, a man who… More
What’s Your Name?
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, November 1995.Excerpt: The authors of this essay on names have just identified themselves. Well, not quite. For the sake of full disclosure, they are willing to have it known that they have the same last… More
The End of Courtship
– The Public Interest, Number 126:39–63, Winter 1997.Excerpt: In the current wars over the state of American culture, few battlegrounds have seen more action than that of “family values”–sex, marriage, and child-rearing.… More
Love of Woman and Love of God: The Case of Jacob
– Commentary, March 1999.Abstract: The biblical patriarch’s romance with Rachel tells us much about the power of eros–but even more about divine purpose.
Proposing Courtship
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, October 1999.Excerpt: Anyone interested in improving relations between men and women today and tomorrow must proceed by taking a page from yesterday. For today’s tale regarding manhood and womanhood… More
Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying
– University of Notre Dame Press, February 2000.Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Courting and Marrying is an anthology of source readings offered as a response to the contemporary cultural silence surrounding love that leads to marriage. It… More
Though Courtship May Be Gone Forever, Kasses Propose Re-inventing Its Rituals as a Means to Lasting Love, Marriage
– William Harms, The University of Chicago Chronicle, February 3, 2000.Excerpt: Having taught college-age students for nearly three decades, Amy and Leon Kass have learned from their observations and through conversations that young people who are seeking the… More
Revive Courtship for Seeking Love
– With Amy A. Kass, Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2000.Excerpt: Last Tuesday’s television program “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire” hit a new low, trivializing marriage as entertainment. But the huge size of its… More
Fanning Real Desire
– Panel discussion, American Enterprise Institute Online, June 1, 2000.The following remarks are excerpted from a recent American Enterprise Institute discussion of Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar, a new anthology of “readings on courting and marrying” by… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
Interview on Washington Journal
– CSPAN, April 25, 2004.Dr. Kass talked about a report by the President’s Council on Bioethics on reproductive techniques and guidelines for assisted reproductive procedures. He also responded to viewer… More
Amicus Curiae Brief In Support of Petitioners in Hollingsworth v. Perry
– With Harvey Mansfield, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, January 29, 2013.Summary: This case should be decided on the basis of the law, without reliance on the social science studies and authorities that Respondents and their amici will undoubtedly put before the… More
Essays
A Woman for All Seasons
– Commentary, September 1991.Abstract: One often hears it said, and not only by outsiders, that Judaism is a male-dominated religion that does not properly appreciate its women. The blame for this attitude, say many… More
Man and Woman: An Old Story
– First Things, November 1991.Excerpt: Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and how different? How much is difference due to nature, how much to culture? What… More
Regarding Daughters and Sisters: The Rape of Dinah
– Commentary, April 1992.Abstract: Ever since I was a boy, long before I had a wife and daughters, I have always thought and keenly felt that rape is a capital offense, a crime worse even than murder. For the… More
Educating Father Abraham: The Meaning of Wife
– First Things, November 1994.Excerpt: It is not exactly traditional to speak about the education of Abraham. Pious tales of the patriarch regard him as a precocious monotheist even before God calls him, a man who… More
What’s Your Name?
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, November 1995.Excerpt: The authors of this essay on names have just identified themselves. Well, not quite. For the sake of full disclosure, they are willing to have it known that they have the same last… More
The End of Courtship
– The Public Interest, Number 126:39–63, Winter 1997.Excerpt: In the current wars over the state of American culture, few battlegrounds have seen more action than that of “family values”–sex, marriage, and child-rearing.… More
Love of Woman and Love of God: The Case of Jacob
– Commentary, March 1999.Abstract: The biblical patriarch’s romance with Rachel tells us much about the power of eros–but even more about divine purpose.
Proposing Courtship
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, October 1999.Excerpt: Anyone interested in improving relations between men and women today and tomorrow must proceed by taking a page from yesterday. For today’s tale regarding manhood and womanhood… More
Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying
– University of Notre Dame Press, February 2000.Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Courting and Marrying is an anthology of source readings offered as a response to the contemporary cultural silence surrounding love that leads to marriage. It… More
Though Courtship May Be Gone Forever, Kasses Propose Re-inventing Its Rituals as a Means to Lasting Love, Marriage
– William Harms, The University of Chicago Chronicle, February 3, 2000.Excerpt: Having taught college-age students for nearly three decades, Amy and Leon Kass have learned from their observations and through conversations that young people who are seeking the… More
Revive Courtship for Seeking Love
– With Amy A. Kass, Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2000.Excerpt: Last Tuesday’s television program “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire” hit a new low, trivializing marriage as entertainment. But the huge size of its… More
Fanning Real Desire
– Panel discussion, American Enterprise Institute Online, June 1, 2000.The following remarks are excerpted from a recent American Enterprise Institute discussion of Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar, a new anthology of “readings on courting and marrying” by… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
Interview on Washington Journal
– CSPAN, April 25, 2004.Dr. Kass talked about a report by the President’s Council on Bioethics on reproductive techniques and guidelines for assisted reproductive procedures. He also responded to viewer… More
Amicus Curiae Brief In Support of Petitioners in Hollingsworth v. Perry
– With Harvey Mansfield, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, January 29, 2013.Summary: This case should be decided on the basis of the law, without reliance on the social science studies and authorities that Respondents and their amici will undoubtedly put before the… More
Commentary
A Woman for All Seasons
– Commentary, September 1991.Abstract: One often hears it said, and not only by outsiders, that Judaism is a male-dominated religion that does not properly appreciate its women. The blame for this attitude, say many… More
Man and Woman: An Old Story
– First Things, November 1991.Excerpt: Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and how different? How much is difference due to nature, how much to culture? What… More
Regarding Daughters and Sisters: The Rape of Dinah
– Commentary, April 1992.Abstract: Ever since I was a boy, long before I had a wife and daughters, I have always thought and keenly felt that rape is a capital offense, a crime worse even than murder. For the… More
Educating Father Abraham: The Meaning of Wife
– First Things, November 1994.Excerpt: It is not exactly traditional to speak about the education of Abraham. Pious tales of the patriarch regard him as a precocious monotheist even before God calls him, a man who… More
What’s Your Name?
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, November 1995.Excerpt: The authors of this essay on names have just identified themselves. Well, not quite. For the sake of full disclosure, they are willing to have it known that they have the same last… More
The End of Courtship
– The Public Interest, Number 126:39–63, Winter 1997.Excerpt: In the current wars over the state of American culture, few battlegrounds have seen more action than that of “family values”–sex, marriage, and child-rearing.… More
Love of Woman and Love of God: The Case of Jacob
– Commentary, March 1999.Abstract: The biblical patriarch’s romance with Rachel tells us much about the power of eros–but even more about divine purpose.
Proposing Courtship
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, October 1999.Excerpt: Anyone interested in improving relations between men and women today and tomorrow must proceed by taking a page from yesterday. For today’s tale regarding manhood and womanhood… More
Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying
– University of Notre Dame Press, February 2000.Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Courting and Marrying is an anthology of source readings offered as a response to the contemporary cultural silence surrounding love that leads to marriage. It… More
Though Courtship May Be Gone Forever, Kasses Propose Re-inventing Its Rituals as a Means to Lasting Love, Marriage
– William Harms, The University of Chicago Chronicle, February 3, 2000.Excerpt: Having taught college-age students for nearly three decades, Amy and Leon Kass have learned from their observations and through conversations that young people who are seeking the… More
Revive Courtship for Seeking Love
– With Amy A. Kass, Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2000.Excerpt: Last Tuesday’s television program “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire” hit a new low, trivializing marriage as entertainment. But the huge size of its… More
Fanning Real Desire
– Panel discussion, American Enterprise Institute Online, June 1, 2000.The following remarks are excerpted from a recent American Enterprise Institute discussion of Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar, a new anthology of “readings on courting and marrying” by… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
Interview on Washington Journal
– CSPAN, April 25, 2004.Dr. Kass talked about a report by the President’s Council on Bioethics on reproductive techniques and guidelines for assisted reproductive procedures. He also responded to viewer… More
Amicus Curiae Brief In Support of Petitioners in Hollingsworth v. Perry
– With Harvey Mansfield, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, January 29, 2013.Summary: This case should be decided on the basis of the law, without reliance on the social science studies and authorities that Respondents and their amici will undoubtedly put before the… More
Multimedia
A Woman for All Seasons
– Commentary, September 1991.Abstract: One often hears it said, and not only by outsiders, that Judaism is a male-dominated religion that does not properly appreciate its women. The blame for this attitude, say many… More
Man and Woman: An Old Story
– First Things, November 1991.Excerpt: Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and how different? How much is difference due to nature, how much to culture? What… More
Regarding Daughters and Sisters: The Rape of Dinah
– Commentary, April 1992.Abstract: Ever since I was a boy, long before I had a wife and daughters, I have always thought and keenly felt that rape is a capital offense, a crime worse even than murder. For the… More
Educating Father Abraham: The Meaning of Wife
– First Things, November 1994.Excerpt: It is not exactly traditional to speak about the education of Abraham. Pious tales of the patriarch regard him as a precocious monotheist even before God calls him, a man who… More
What’s Your Name?
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, November 1995.Excerpt: The authors of this essay on names have just identified themselves. Well, not quite. For the sake of full disclosure, they are willing to have it known that they have the same last… More
The End of Courtship
– The Public Interest, Number 126:39–63, Winter 1997.Excerpt: In the current wars over the state of American culture, few battlegrounds have seen more action than that of “family values”–sex, marriage, and child-rearing.… More
Love of Woman and Love of God: The Case of Jacob
– Commentary, March 1999.Abstract: The biblical patriarch’s romance with Rachel tells us much about the power of eros–but even more about divine purpose.
Proposing Courtship
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, October 1999.Excerpt: Anyone interested in improving relations between men and women today and tomorrow must proceed by taking a page from yesterday. For today’s tale regarding manhood and womanhood… More
Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying
– University of Notre Dame Press, February 2000.Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Courting and Marrying is an anthology of source readings offered as a response to the contemporary cultural silence surrounding love that leads to marriage. It… More
Though Courtship May Be Gone Forever, Kasses Propose Re-inventing Its Rituals as a Means to Lasting Love, Marriage
– William Harms, The University of Chicago Chronicle, February 3, 2000.Excerpt: Having taught college-age students for nearly three decades, Amy and Leon Kass have learned from their observations and through conversations that young people who are seeking the… More
Revive Courtship for Seeking Love
– With Amy A. Kass, Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2000.Excerpt: Last Tuesday’s television program “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire” hit a new low, trivializing marriage as entertainment. But the huge size of its… More
Fanning Real Desire
– Panel discussion, American Enterprise Institute Online, June 1, 2000.The following remarks are excerpted from a recent American Enterprise Institute discussion of Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar, a new anthology of “readings on courting and marrying” by… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
Interview on Washington Journal
– CSPAN, April 25, 2004.Dr. Kass talked about a report by the President’s Council on Bioethics on reproductive techniques and guidelines for assisted reproductive procedures. He also responded to viewer… More
Amicus Curiae Brief In Support of Petitioners in Hollingsworth v. Perry
– With Harvey Mansfield, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, January 29, 2013.Summary: This case should be decided on the basis of the law, without reliance on the social science studies and authorities that Respondents and their amici will undoubtedly put before the… More
Teaching
A Woman for All Seasons
– Commentary, September 1991.Abstract: One often hears it said, and not only by outsiders, that Judaism is a male-dominated religion that does not properly appreciate its women. The blame for this attitude, say many… More
Man and Woman: An Old Story
– First Things, November 1991.Excerpt: Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and how different? How much is difference due to nature, how much to culture? What… More
Regarding Daughters and Sisters: The Rape of Dinah
– Commentary, April 1992.Abstract: Ever since I was a boy, long before I had a wife and daughters, I have always thought and keenly felt that rape is a capital offense, a crime worse even than murder. For the… More
Educating Father Abraham: The Meaning of Wife
– First Things, November 1994.Excerpt: It is not exactly traditional to speak about the education of Abraham. Pious tales of the patriarch regard him as a precocious monotheist even before God calls him, a man who… More
What’s Your Name?
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, November 1995.Excerpt: The authors of this essay on names have just identified themselves. Well, not quite. For the sake of full disclosure, they are willing to have it known that they have the same last… More
The End of Courtship
– The Public Interest, Number 126:39–63, Winter 1997.Excerpt: In the current wars over the state of American culture, few battlegrounds have seen more action than that of “family values”–sex, marriage, and child-rearing.… More
Love of Woman and Love of God: The Case of Jacob
– Commentary, March 1999.Abstract: The biblical patriarch’s romance with Rachel tells us much about the power of eros–but even more about divine purpose.
Proposing Courtship
– With Amy A. Kass, First Things, October 1999.Excerpt: Anyone interested in improving relations between men and women today and tomorrow must proceed by taking a page from yesterday. For today’s tale regarding manhood and womanhood… More
Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying
– University of Notre Dame Press, February 2000.Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Courting and Marrying is an anthology of source readings offered as a response to the contemporary cultural silence surrounding love that leads to marriage. It… More
Though Courtship May Be Gone Forever, Kasses Propose Re-inventing Its Rituals as a Means to Lasting Love, Marriage
– William Harms, The University of Chicago Chronicle, February 3, 2000.Excerpt: Having taught college-age students for nearly three decades, Amy and Leon Kass have learned from their observations and through conversations that young people who are seeking the… More
Revive Courtship for Seeking Love
– With Amy A. Kass, Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2000.Excerpt: Last Tuesday’s television program “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire” hit a new low, trivializing marriage as entertainment. But the huge size of its… More
Fanning Real Desire
– Panel discussion, American Enterprise Institute Online, June 1, 2000.The following remarks are excerpted from a recent American Enterprise Institute discussion of Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar, a new anthology of “readings on courting and marrying” by… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
Interview on Washington Journal
– CSPAN, April 25, 2004.Dr. Kass talked about a report by the President’s Council on Bioethics on reproductive techniques and guidelines for assisted reproductive procedures. He also responded to viewer… More
Amicus Curiae Brief In Support of Petitioners in Hollingsworth v. Perry
– With Harvey Mansfield, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, January 29, 2013.Summary: This case should be decided on the basis of the law, without reliance on the social science studies and authorities that Respondents and their amici will undoubtedly put before the… More