Letter: Nothing wrong with being pro-peace | Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

Letter: Nothing wrong with being pro-peace

          First, I’d like to express my sorrow upon hearing of the death of Tybie Taglin. (See May issue.) Everyone in Milwaukee was at one time or another touched by this wonderful woman.

          Second, I enjoyed reading The Chronicle’s story in the June issue about the radical 1960s in Madison. But I spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1963-1967, and we were just as active in the anti-Vietnam war and pro-civil rights campaigns as Madison. But we are rarely mentioned, always sitting in the shadow of that big school on Lake Mendota.

          Third, I’d like to add my view to the J Street debate in the June issue. I have seen the documentary “The J Street Challenge.” While the producers make some good points about J Street’s arrogance and insensitivity (its leaders should say some good things about Israel instead of always being so critical), J Street is still a pro-Israel, pro-Zionist group.

          There is nothing wrong with being pro-peace. True, it is often hard to find a “partner” to talk to on the Palestinian side, but we must continue the task. Otherwise, the extremists like Hamas will fill the political vacuum, and we have seen the consequences of that.

Jack Nusan Porter

Newton, Mass.

          Milwaukee native Jack Nusan Porter, Ph.D., is a sociologist, author and research associate in Russian studies at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.