Florence Tager
Melanie was an intellectual force unlike any I have known. Her amazing insights and understanding around racism and antisemitism provides a voice not readily available on the left. The Breadth …
Judith Sloan
What an inspiration to all of us. Melanie was a fighter for justice through and through and never wavered. —Judith Sloan, EarSay
Christina Pacosz
Melanie and I were in a women’s poetry workshop group in Portland, Oregon in the early 1970s. She always challenged assumptions in anyone’s poetry. I remember late evenings at Denny’s, …
Rachel Mattson
Oh, I am so heartbroken by the news that Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz has died after a very long struggle with Parkinson’s! It is no exaggeration to say that Melanie changed my …
Elliott batTzedek
At our High Holiday services in Philadelphia we created a martyrology about Melanie’s life and work. I just wrote a blog post about it, with links to my talk and …
Bettina Aptheker
I first met Melanie many years ago when she visited the University of California, Santa Cruz campus. I had been using her co-edited book “The Tribe of Dina” in my …
Clare Kinberg
I just wanted to share this issue of Sinister Wisdom that Melanie edited, Fall 1984. What a time it was. —Clare Kinberg
Helga Busemann
My first contact with Melanie was the New York Times obituary! I was awed and set it aside. It was a gift to find a link to the memorial service …
Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz is a part of my world. I encountered her work many years ago when I lived in Claremont, California, and hosted Irena Klepfisz. I miss her voice. Rabbi …
Penny Rosenwasser
Remembering Melanie – and I can’t believe she’s gone – I hardly know where to start. We had the same book editor, Joan Pinkvoss at Aunt Lute Press, and Joan …