{"product_id":"if-only-you-could-bottle-it-memoirs-of-a-radical-son-9781644698990","title":"If Only You Could Bottle It: Memoirs of a Radical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold through essays, memoirs, and other musings, this is the story of a radical Jew, academic, and educator from his birth in Ukraine during the Holocaust through the radical 60s and 70s, to the present day as he fights anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, xenophobia, and hate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally known in Holocaust, genocide, and Jewish studies, Jack Nusan Porter was born in Maniewicz, Ukraine to Jewish Partisans in the 1940s. Through this engaging and thoughtful memoir, we follow Porter as he recounts his personal journey from a DP camp in Linz, Austria to an idyllic childhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he attended Hebrew day school under Reb Twersk. Porter masterfully details his radicalism in the politically and sociologically turbulent 1960s which would later influence his academic work on genocide, Holocaust studies, and international human rights. Constantly re-inventing himself, readers are treated to engaging anecdotes as they navigate through Porter's highs, lows, and in-betweens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Antony Polonsky, Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University; Chief Historian, Global Education Outreach Project, Museum of Polish Jews in Warsaw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Professor Susannah Heschel, Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: 1946-1963—Coming to America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Maniewicze to Milwaukee—the Making of a Writer\/Activist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilwaukee in the 1940s and 1950s \/ Diary, 1959\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eLA in the 1950s and 1960s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabonim\/Dror, 1956-1964\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsrael, 1962-1963 \/ Diary, 1963\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolda and Me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: 1962-1971—The Radical Years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee: Becoming an Activist\/Intellectual, 1963-1967; the Milwaukee Riots and Father Groppi; the Beginning of the Counterculture for Me; Hippies, Acid Trips, and Communes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eActivism Continued, 1967-1971: The 1968 Chicago Convention Riot; the Chicago 8 Rrial; My Relationship to Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Paul Krasner, and Lee Weiner; the Black Student Sit-In at NYU; the Founding of the Radical Jewish Student Movement; the 1960s (Civil Rights, Hippies, Grass, Acid, the Israeli-Arab Six-Day War, Vietnam, Woodstock)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Days and Nights in the Jewish Defense League\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorthwestern: The Making of a Sociologist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcademic Follies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReunions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: 1971-1991—The Transitional Years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Grove Press Days\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Nazi-Hunting Days\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Native American Days and Nights (Sun Dances, Sweat Lodges, Dealing with Death)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarriage and Settling Down \/ The Almuly Family \/ A Jittery Decade, the 1970s—the First Half of the Radical Decade; the Second Half—We Grow Up, Settle Down, and Get Married\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Death of a Father\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Founding of the IAGS\/International Association of Genocide Scholars \/ Trips to Sarajevo, Iraq, and Other Zones of Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Jew at the Ukrainian Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo Tenure: The Switch to Real Estate: Hello, Harold Brown and Other Billionaires\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Landlord: Dealing with Weirdoes (Crazy Tenants), Wise Guys (Italian, Russian, African American), and Community Organizers (Chuck Turner, Mel King, Ray Flynn)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Four: 1991-2020—The Stabilizing Years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Death of My Mother\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning for Office—Skakes, Fitzie, and Other Kennedys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Yorker Article\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lost, Confused, and Yet Somehow Productive Years of 1990-2010 (Divorce, Stress—the Mallory-Weiss Syndrome—Death of Second Wife, Alienation from Family yet Traveling the World Lecturing on Genocide and Its Prevention)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi in Paradise (“Key West Rabbi”) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding Love Again, with Raya, 2011-2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack to Harvard and Stability, 2011-2020—Renewed Productivity, Especially with Help from World-Famed Designer and Cousin Allen Porter, Support from My Mentor and Genocide Guide Greg Stanton, and Spiritual and Communal Support from My Sephardic Shul)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eToward the Future \/ Miracles \/ Mormons \/ Mahayana Meditation \/ Finding Peace and Love Again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Terms\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eMy Contribution to Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eFamous People I Have Met or Who Have Influenced Me\u003cbr\u003eJack Nusan Porter’s Family Tree\u003cbr\u003eSources and Permissions\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359916360023,"sku":"9781644698990","price":84.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781644698990.jpg?v=1754126106","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/if-only-you-could-bottle-it-memoirs-of-a-radical-son-9781644698990","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}