He received bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature from the University of Michigan.
At the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel, in swimming he won a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke.
[5] Kahn also co-wrote the 1971 Disney television movie The Barefoot Executive with Joseph McEveety, Lila Garrett and Stu Billett, and wrote the screenplay for the 1985 comedy film Basic Training.
[6] In 1972, his play Our Very Own Hole in the Ground was produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village, Manhattan, directed by Henry Hewes.
[7] Kahn received the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy multiple times during the 1970s.