A Force for Good — The Rescue Action of Gisela Warburg

1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK

A Force For Good is the biography of the heroic life of Gisela Warburg, a courageous young German Jewish woman and member of the celebrated Warburg family, who leveraged her wealth and family connections to save countless children from annihilation at the hands of the Nazis, also working with renowned personalities such as Henrietta Szold and Chaim Weizmann. This compelling story is told through a treasure trove of letters and documents carefully preserved by Gisela and recently discovered by her daughter, Anita Robboy, the book’s author.

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THE SCHEDULE

⇒ Sunday, July 26 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time, tune into the program with our distinguished speakers. 

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

Anita Wyzanski Robboy is both a noted author and a partner in the Boston law firm of Prince Lobel & Tye, LLC. She is currently a Visiting Scholar and Research Associate at Brandeis University.  She is the daughter of the Holocaust rescuer Gisela Warburg and the author of her poignant biography that showcases Gisela’s coming of age story and her life-saving actions. Her hope is that readers will be inspired by Gisela’s remarkable life, her selfless choices, and her determination to save the lives of countless others.

Joan Goodman (right), who will be dialogue with Anita Wyzanski Robboy, is the Director of Lay Leadership at The Jewish Theological Seminary and is in her 20th year as a member of its Institutional Advancement team. Previously she was director of development at the Academy of Jewish Religion, New York. In her first career, she was a television news anchor/reporter at local network affiliates in Hartford, Connecticut and her hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts, and she continues to do voice-over projects. She is a graduate of Smith College.

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Registration will close on Thursday, July 23 at 10 PM ET.