If Only You Could Bottle It

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Memoirs of a Radical Son

By Jack Nusan Porter

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If Only You Could Bottle It is a compelling memoir by Jack Nusan Porter, tracing his life from his birth in Holocaust-era Ukraine to his childhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Through essays and personal reflections, Porter explores his upbringing amid political turbulence, his radical activism in the 1960s and 70s, and his enduring fight against anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, and xenophobia. The narrative offers insightful anecdotes that illuminate his academic journey in Holocaust, genocide, and Jewish studies, making it both a personal and historical account.
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This memoir will resonate with readers interested in Jewish history, Holocaust studies, political activism, and personal stories of resilience. It is particularly suited for those who appreciate reflective biographies that intertwine personal experience with broader social and historical movements.

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.

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Told 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.

Internationally 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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781644699003

Publisher: Academic Studies Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Cherry Orchard Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 603g

Pages: 250

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About the Author

Jack Nusan Porterfounded the Jewish Student Movement in the 1960s and was editor of the classic movement anthology Jewish Radicalism. He is currently 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 the 12th District of Massachusetts was the subject of a profile in an April 2012 issue of "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.