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The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology (Beacon Press, 1989)

"This moving collection of essays, memoirs, interviews, poetry, fiction, and artwork...traverses national boundaries to present the diversity of Jewish women's experiences and beliefs. Reflections on the Holocaust, Zionism, feminism, and the recent Palestinian uprising are juxtaposed with writing on relationships, identity, and assimilation; traditional songs and celebrations...Highly recommended."
--Library Journal

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Books

The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism (Indiana University Press)
"Every once in awhile a book comes along and smacks you in the face with its wisdom, intelligence, and compassionate politics. The Colors of Jews is such a book." ––Chandra Talpade Mohanty

"In her calm, reasonable, assured voice, with formidable intellectual clarity, a wealth of reading, a fine ear for balancing argument, statistic and anecdote, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz throws open to questioning every assumption about the meaning of race, identity, justice and history. . . ." ––Tony Kushner

Essays

The Issue Is Power: Essays on Women, Jews, Violence, and Resistance (Aunt Lute, 1992)
"You are in for a challenge--an intellectual feast and a strategic call to action"--Response

Fiction

My Jewish Face& Other Stories (Aunt Lute, 1990)
"Her writing sacrifices neither clarity nor depth."-- Judith McDaniel

Multi-genre Collection

The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology (Beacon Press, 1989)
"A vigorous, stimulating celebration of a multifaceted Jewish womanhood." -- Publishers Weekly

Poems

We Speak in Code (Motheroot Publications, 1980)
"These poems fix impermeably those crucial moments when change happens. . . a way-making book." -- Tillie Olsen

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