Leon Kass

Observation · January 8, 2021
Reading Exodus with Leon Kass
By Leon R. Kass
Read along with one of our time's great readers of the Bible as he works his way through the book of Exodus.
Response · June 27, 2013
A Reply to My Respondents, and My Friends
By Leon R. Kass
Beyond the distinctive insights offered by each respondent, the overall result is fascinating, not least because the four responses wind up unintentionally but profoundly disagreeing with one another.
Response · June 25, 2013
The People Saw the Thunder
Can we, just by reading, vicariously experience the awe of the children at the Mount?
Response · June 23, 2013
Why Two Covenants?
From the Patriarchs and the Family to Sinai and the Nation. A video conversation with Leon R. Kass.
Response · June 19, 2013
The Decalogue and the Identity of God
The Orthodox Jew discovers a fascinating intellectual anomaly: a non-rabbinic Jew who approaches the Bible with deep reverence.
Response · June 17, 2013
Love, Particular and Universal
A Christian perspective on the Ten Commandments.
Response · June 12, 2013
Pride, Lust, Technology—and the Hebrew Bible
Pride, Lust, Technology—and the Bible
Response · June 10, 2013
The Decalogue and Liberal Democracy
By Peter Berkowitz
Rare is the scholar of politics or of law these days who would think to turn to the Ten Commandments to understand better the hard questions to which liberal democracy gives rise. But Leon Kass’s remarkable exploration of the Decalogue shows that these scholars have neglected a vital resource.
Response · June 5, 2013
What Does the God of Israel Demand?
Leon Kass endeavors to make the Decalogue both sensible and livable; on its own terms, it is stark and demanding in the highest degree.
Monthly Essay · June 1, 2013
The Ten Commandments
By Leon R. Kass
Why the Decalogue Matters
Observation · January 15, 2006
Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of Kashrut
By Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
The most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty.