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Kass (other)
Kass is a surname. It originated in several different ways, including as a nickname in former eastern territories of Germany from the Czech word ("blackbird" or "shrewd person"), from the Estonian word ''kass'' meaning cat, from the given name Gazo, as an Ashkenazi Jewish surname from the given name Casriel, and possibly as an Americanized spelling of Káš or Kaše. The 2010 United States census found 3,796 people with the surname Kass, making it the 8,655th-most-common surname in the country, compared to 3,523 people (8,599th-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both US censuses, more than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white. People with the surname include: * Amalie Kass (1928–2019), American historian *Amy Kass (1940–2015), American humanities scholar * Carmen Kass (born 1978), Estonian model * Danny Kass (born 1982), American snowboarder *Deborah Kass (born 1952), American painter *Edward H. Kass (1917–1990), American physic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katz (name)
Katz is a common German and Ashkenazi surname. Germans with the last name Katz may originate in the Rhine River region of Germany, where the Katz Castle is located. (The name of the castle does not derive from , "cat", but from Katzenelnbogen, going back to Latin , consisting of the ancient Germanic tribal names of the Chatti and Melibokus.) Where it is a Jewish surname, ''Katz'' is almost always an abbreviation ( he, כּ״ץ) formed from the initials of the term ("priest of justice"/"authentic priest") or (meaning the name-bearer is of patrilineal descent of the Kohanim sons of Zadok), although when spelled out may mean the family doesn't descend from Kohanim. It has been used since the seventeenth century, or perhaps somewhat earlier, as an epithet of the descendants of Aaron. The collocation is most likely derived from '' Melchizedek'' ("king of righteousness"), who is called "the priest (''kohen'') of the most high God" ( Genesis xiv. 18), or perhaps from Psalm cxxxii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Kass
Deborah Kass (born 1952) is an American artist whose work explores the intersection of pop culture, art history, and the construction of self. Deborah Kass works in mixed media, and is most recognized for her paintings, prints, photography, sculptures and neon lighting installations. Kass's early work mimics and reworks signature styles of iconic male artists of the 20th century including Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and Ed Ruscha. Kass's technique of appropriation is a critical commentary on the intersection of social power relations, identity politics, and the historically dominant position of male artists in the art world.Kass, Deborah, and Lisa Liebmann. Deborah Kass: Before and Happily Ever after. New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2012. Early life Deborah Kass was born in 1952 in San Antonio, Texas. Her grandparents were from Belarus and Ukraine, first generation Jewish immigrants to New York. Kass’s parents were from the Bronx and Queens, New York. Her fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raye Kass
Raye Kass is a professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences at Concordia University in Montreal. She is the author of ''Theories of Small Group Development'' and the co-author of three other works on social group theory. She has also been invited to be involved in space research projects. Known for her contemporary, cutting edge, and timely research style and results, Dr. Kass has been highlighted frequently by both national and international press agencies for both her space sciences and group theory research. Kass was previously an advisor for Mars One, a now bankrupt organization which aimed to establish a human colony on Mars. Education She attended Sir George Williams University Sir George Williams University was a university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University on August 24, 1974. History In 1851, the first YMCA in North America was established on Sainte-Hélène S ... in 1970, where she earned her B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ras Kass
John R. Austin II (born September 26, 1973), better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an American rapper. He is a member of the hip hop supergroup The HRSMN, along with Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt in 2014. He is also a member of the group Golden State Warriors with Xzibit and Saafir. About.com ranked him No. 30 on their list of the ''Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007)'', while Pitchfork Media called him "one of the best rappers of all time." Biography Austin was born on September 26, 1973 and grew up in Carson, California. In 1996 he and R&B and soul singer-songwriter Teedra Moses had twin sons, Ras and Taj, both of whom are founding members of the rap group Coast Contra. BMF Entertainment artist Barima "Bleu DaVinci" McKnight is Austin’s cousin. Early career Ras Kass took his stage name from the legendary Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV whose name was Ras Kassa Mircha before he was crowned as an emperor. In 1991, he made his debut appearance on the single "Trick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pnina Moed Kass
Pnina Moed Kass (born 1938) is a Belgian writer. Biography Pnina Kass was born in Belgium and grew up in New York City. After studying political science and art history, she worked in the advertising and music industry. She taught high school English both in the United States and later in Israel. Her literary work includes short stories that have been published in newspapers, and anthologies, scripts, lyrics, storybook stories and the novel ''Real Time'' (2004). The author lives near Tel Aviv. Works * ''Stevie's Tricycle'' (1982) * ''Tommy's New Bed'' (1984) * ''Berele'', a series in Hebrew (1980s) * ''Real Time'' (German: Echtzeit) (2004) Awards * International Reading Award for Best Young Adult Short Story * 2005: National Jewish Book Award * 2004: Sydney Taylor Book Award References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kass, Pnina Belgian writers Israeli writers 1938 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kass
Peter Meyer Kass (April 28, 1923 – 4 August 2008) was an American theater actor and director who became a well-known teacher. His mentor Clifford Odets chose Kass to direct and develop '' The Country Girl'' before it opened on Broadway. Kass played the part of Larry. Kass later directed four Broadway plays, including a short-lived revival of Odets' '' Night Music'' and Lorraine Hansberry's ''The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window'', and he directed for television on '' Assignment: Manhunt'' and for films, including '' Time of the Heathen''. Kass taught at Boston University in the 1950s, then at New York University in the 1960s and 1970s before becoming a private instructor. Students included Olympia Dukakis, Faye Dunaway, John Cazale, Maureen Stapleton and Val Kilmer. Kass was born in Brooklyn and was a lifelong resident. He died of heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonhard Kass
Leonhard Heinrich Kass (22 October 1911 – 23 November 1985) was an Estonian football player who played as a left winger. He won the Estonian Championship eight times and the Estonian Cup twice. Internationally, Kass made 40 appearances for the Estonia national football team since his debut in 1931, and scored 8 goals. He won the 1931 and the 1938 Baltic Cup with the team. Honours Club ;Sport * Estonian Championship: 1931, 1932, 1933 ;Estonia * Estonian Championship: 1938–39 ;Dünamo * Estonian Championship: 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950 * Estonian Cup: 1946, 1947 Country ;Estonia * Baltic Cup: 1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ..., 1938 References 1911 births 1985 deaths Footballers from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Kass
Leon Richard Kass (born February 12, 1939) is an American physician, scientist, educator, and public intellectual. Kass is best known as a proponent of liberal arts education via the "Great Books," as a critic of human cloning, life extension, euthanasia and embryo research, and for his tenure as chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics from 2001 to 2005. Although Kass is often referred to as a bioethicist, he eschews the term and refers to himself as "an old-fashioned humanist. A humanist is concerned broadly with all aspects of human life, not just the ethical."Leon Kassinterviewed by Francis Wilkinson ''Discover'', February 2008. Kass is currently the Addie Clark Harding Professor Emeritus in the College and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and the Hertog Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His books include ''Toward A More Natural Science: Biology and Human Affairs''; ''The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of our Nature''; '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Kass
Kristiina Kass (born 14 May 1970) is an Estonian children's writer and illustrator. Kristiina Kass was born in Tartu. Her father is feuilletonist Kalju Kass and her mother is children's writer Asta Kass. She studied Finnish language and culture at the University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the .... She lives in Finland. Works She has written 12 children's books and five of which are illustrated by her. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kass, Kristiina 1970 births Living people Estonian women writers Estonian children's writers Estonian women children's writers 20th-century Estonian writers 21st-century Estonian writers Estonian women illustrators University of Helsinki alumni Estonian expatriates in Finland Writers from Tartu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kass
John Kass (born June 25, 1956) is an American columnist and former editorial board member for the '' Chicago Tribune'' and radio broadcaster. Until summer 2020, his opinion pieces regularly appeared on page 2 of the main news section of the ''Tribune'', instead of on the opinion/editorial pages; this is the spot formerly occupied by Mike Royko. Early life and education His ''Tribune'' biography reports Kass as the son of a Greek immigrant grocer. Kass was born on the South Side of Chicago, and grew up there and in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn. He graduated from Harold L. Richards High School in the class of 1974, and was a member of the varsity football team and the yearbook staff. He studied film at Columbia College in Chicago and worked on the student newspaper, though he never graduated. Career Kass worked as an intern and later a reporter at the '' Daily Calumet'', and worked from 1980 to June 2021 for the ''Tribune''. He regularly covered political topics for the newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Kass
Johannes Kass (born 24 May 1949, Tallinn) is an Estonian politician, most notable for voting for the Estonian restoration of Independence in his function of a member of the Supreme Soviet of Estonia. Kass' parents were farmers who were arrested in 1948, and he was born in the Tallinn Battery and grew up in several Russian children's homes. After his parents received amnesty in 1956, he returned to Estonia, and in 1966 he graduated from the Pärnu 8. 8-class school (in Raeküla), and in 1970 as a radio technician from Tallinn Polytechnic School. He worked in the Estonian Radio Center from 1970 to 1978 and from 1978 to 1989, in the fishery "Pärnu Kalur" as a technician in the field of radio navigation equipment and from 1989 to 90 in Matek OÜ. From 1990 to 1992, Kass was a member of the Supreme Soviet (from 1990 "Supreme Council") of Estonia, where he was a member of the National Defense Committee. On 20 August 1991, he voted for the restoration of Estonia's independence. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Kass
Jerome Allan Kass (April 21, 1937 – October 22, 2015) was an American screenwriter and author. He wrote '' Queen of the Stardust Ballroom'' in 1975 and ''Ballroom'' in 1978, which were nominated for an Emmy and Tony, respectively. Biography Kass was born in Chicago to Sidney Kass and Celia Gorman, and had two sisters, Francine and Gail. The family moved to the Bronx, where Kass went to school, attending Stuyvesant High School before graduating from New York University. He entered the graduate program for English, then transferred to Brandeis University. He was married to Artha Schwartz, with whom he had two children, Julie and Adam. They later divorced, and Kass married Delia Ephron in 1982. Kass died of prostate cancer in Manhattan on October 22, 2015. Filmography ;Production of films (14 credits) # '' Young Marrieds at Play (TV Movie)'' (play) (1971) # '' Letters from Three Lovers (TV Movie)'' (1973) # '' A Brand New Life (1973 film)'' (1973) #'' Queen of the Stardust Ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |