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Description
The unique story of a radical Jew and a Jewish radical from his time in a DP Camp in Austria to his coming to America in 1946 and growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to his activism in the radical 1960s to making his mark in Boston's literary, academic, political, and business circles.
Product Details
| Publisher | Cherry Orchard Books |
| Publish Date | September 12, 2023 |
| Pages | 432 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781644699003 |
| Dimensions | 9.2 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches | 1.3 pounds |
About the Author
Jack Nusan Porter was a founder of the Jewish Student Movement in the 1960s and editor of the classic movement anthology Jewish Radicalism. He is an associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University and a former associate of Harvard's Ukrainian Research Institute. His run for US Congress in the12th District of Massachusetts was the subject of a profile in the April 9, 2012 "Talk of the Town" in The New Yorker. In 2015, he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the prediction and eradication of genocide and Holocaust.
Reviews
"One of the most admired and thoughtful heroes of the Jewish left, Jack Nusan Porter offers a remarkable memoir of his life and work. Vividly recounting mid-century Jewish life in middle America, along with travel to the new State of Israel, Porter gives us a thoughtful window into an extraordinary era that reconstituted Jewish identity after the Shoah."
"This remarkable and compelling book, a combination of memoir and articles by and about the author, provides an in-depth portrait of Jack Porter, a committed Jewish radical who has also retained his commitment to his very specific Jewish faith. It is a unique and highly readable account of his ongoing search for how Jews should relate to the modern world."
- Susannah Heschel, Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College
"This remarkable and compelling book, a combination of memoir and articles by and about the author, provides an in-depth portrait of Jack Porter, a committed Jewish radical who has also retained his commitment to his very specific Jewish faith. It is a unique and highly readable account of his ongoing search for how Jews should relate to the modern world."
- Antony Polonsky, Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University; Chief Historian, Global Education Outreach Project, Museum of Polish Jews in Warsaw
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