Jack Nusan Porter is a Jewish radical activist and writer who emerged during the 1960s.

The article discusses the radical Jewish past of Arthur Waskow and his involvement in the creation of a peacenik, social-democratic tradition in American Judaism in the 1960s.

The discussion revolves around the academic study of Hasidism, focusing on a shift towards conservative interpretations known as neo-Haredim, challenging the more radical neo-Hasidic perspective.

The text discusses the historical prominence of Jewish revolutionaries from the 19th to the mid-20th century, mentioning figures like Zalkind Hourwitz, Rosa Luxemburg, and Leon Trotsky.