Jonathan Natov
Map-less: I once drove Melanie to a bus stop. It was pre-GPS, and we were without a map. It took circling around several times before we found the stop. We …
Ellen Cassedy
I am grateful to Melanie for co-editing (with Irena Klepfisz) The Tribe of Dina, a book like no other, a revelation of things I had never imagined, an affirmation of …
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
When I learned of Melanie’s death, I thought of three things immediately: Her arriving as first director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, which meant to me that there …
Jessica Shalom Greenberg
Melanie was my professor for a women’s studies class about Jewish women in the fall of 1995 at Hamilton College. I loved Melanie so much that I took another class …
From a feminist perspective…
“From a feminist perspective, Melanie’s academic life was saved twice: once by JJ Wilson, with whom she worked as a teaching assistant and who offered an example (then very rare) …
Patti Casey
I met Melanie at Vermont College in Montpelier in 1986. She was my advisor and my writing professor. She quickly became a beloved friend and mentor. We stayed in touch …
Lisa Gerrard
I met Melanie around 1968, when she married my cousin Peter. She was family, and we loved her. I used to visit Melanie and Peter in the brown shingle house …
Kathleen Weaver
It was a privilege to know Melanie as a grad student. I remember her kind face and generous spirit with great affection. —Kathleen Weaver
Bill Leavitt
I met Melanie when we both participated on a peace delegation to Israel/Palestine during the first Intifadah in the late 1980s. I was impressed by her dedication, her commitment, and …
Lauren Coodley
Melanie was my teacher in women’s literature classes that were just being created for the first time in 1972 in Berkeley. She was part of an inspirational and passionate group …