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REVIEW: ‘A Force for Good’

JL;DR SUMMARY "A Force for Good" is an insightful biography of Gisela Warburg Wyzanski, crafted by her daughter Anita Wyzanski Robboy, highlighting Wyzanski's pivotal role in Jewish child rescue during the pre-Israel era. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Tags

Jewish HistoryZionismNazi GermanyHadassahJewish ChildrenYouth AliyahHenrietta SzoldPre State IsraelJewish Refugee CrisisGisela Warburg Wyzanski

Places mentioned

Berlin, Germany
"...most of the Warburgs left Germanysome immigrated to the United States, others to British Mandate Palestine. Yet Wyzanski, then a young woman... - as the location 'Germany' is mentioned when describing Wyzanski's activities."
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"...in Israel. The two met on March 3 of that year, when Szold invited Wyzanski to join her in greeting the fifth group of Youth Aliyah children from Germany at the Jaffa port."
New York City, New York, United States
"...As Hitler continued his assault on Jews, Wyzanski, who had finally left Germany and moved to New York, began working for Hadassah as national chairperson of Youth Aliyah."

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