Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Praise for Jack Nusan Porter iii
3. Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Preface xv
6. Part One: 1946–1963—Coming to America
7. 1. From Maniewicze to Milwaukee—the Making of a Writer/Activist 1
8. 2. Milwaukee in the 1940s and 1950s / Diary, 1959 38
9. 3. LA in the 1950s and 1960s 105
10. 4. Habonim/Dror, 1956–1964 112
11. 5. Israel, 1962–1963 / Diary, 1963 118
12. 6. Golda and Me 143
13. Part Two: 1963–1971—The Radical Years
14. 7. University 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 149
15. 8. Activism Continued, 1967–1971: The 1968 Chicago Convention Riot; the Chicago 8 Trial; 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) 158
16. 9. My Secret Days and Nights in the Jewish Defense League 181
17. 10. Northwestern: The Making of a Sociologist 185
18. 11. Academic Follies 202
19. 12. Reunions 212
20. Part Three: 1971–1991—The Transitional Years
21. 13. My Grove Press Days 225
22. 14. My Nazi-Hunting Days 230
23. 15. My Native American Days and Nights (Sun Dances, Sweat Lodges, Dealing with Death) 236
24. 16. Marriage 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 239
25. 17. The Death of a Father 246
26. 18. The Founding of the IAGS/International Association of Genocide Scholars / Trips to Sarajevo, Iraq, and Other Zones of Conflict 255
27. 19. A Jew at Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute 265
28. 20. No Tenure: The Switch to Real Estate: Hello, Harold Brown and Other Billionaires 270
29. 21. The Landlord: Dealing with Weirdoes (Crazy Tenants), Wise Guys (Italian, Russian, African American), and Community Organizers (Chuck Turner, Mel King, Ray Flynn) 289
30. Part Four: 1991–2020—The Stabilizing Years
31. 22. The Death of My Mother 299
32. 23. Running for Office—Skakes, Fitzie, and Other Kennedys 313
33. 24. The New Yorker Article 319
34. 25. The 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) 322
35. 26. Rabbi in Paradise (“Key West Rabbi”) 325
36. 27. Finding Love Again, with Raya, 2011–2017 334
37. 28. Back 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) 340
38. 29. Toward the Future / Miracles / Mormons / and Mahayana Meditation / Finding Peace and Love Again 352
39. Photographs 357
40. Glossary of Terms 371
41. Appendix 381
42. Sources and Permissions 406
43. About the Author 408