Bridget Connelly
Melanie was my dear colleague in Comparative Literature at Berkeley in the late 60s, early 70s. She was a leader and sister-feminist to the multitude of women who formed the …
J. J. Wilson
I have just been crying over a folder I picked up by chance here at The Sitting Room ascribed to Melanie Kaye. It was empty… And as you can tell …
David Jaffe
I was blessed to get to know Melanie in the early ’90s when I volunteered with JFREJ from 1992 to 1994 and helped develop the anti-racism and anti-Semitism workshop and …
Rand Hall
As a young Lesbian, coming out in the late 70s, early 80, Melanie’s words in Sinister Wisdom and other feminist journals helped form my concept of myself and my place …
Shirley Glubka
Stone. Hands. Heart. —to Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz I threw my mind into mystery for you last night.Because you are tired, I stayed awake. AwakeWith the words of the poet.Paul Celan. Jew. …
Rabbi Michael Feinberg
Melanie brought her passion and insights, her commitment and her brilliance to every aspect of her life: her organizing, her writing, her relationships… This was evident in so many ways, …
Natasha Beck
I met Melanie at a women’s studies gathering in Portland, Oregon, in the late ’70s; I was new to Portland and heard good things about her as a teacher and …
Naomi Finkelstein
I was young. I was poor. I met Melanie at an Amazon Autumn event. I knew next to nothing about Palestine except Yiddish shul propaganda. My mentor Maua Flowers, founder …