Drawing from histories of individuals and communities who chose to rescue Jews during the Holocaust, Dr. Amy H. Shapiro will explore the difficult decisions made by those who risk their lives to help others. She will share insights into what drives people to act with compassion in the face of danger and discuss the broader implications for moral decision-making today. Following her remarks, Dr. Shapiro will invite the audience into a thought-provoking conversation about what it means to act out of a sense of moral imagination.
This program has been co-organized in partnership with the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center.
DATE:Â Thursday, September 4, 2025
TIME: 7:00 – 8:15 p.m.
LOCATION:Â Jewish Museum Milwaukee
COST:Â Members $5 | Nonmembers $8 | Add-on Ticket $5
Nonmembers are welcome to purchase an Add-on Ticket to experience Jewish Museum Milwaukee galleries between 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. the night of the program.
Amy H. Shapiro, Ph.D. is Emerita Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Alverno College, where she taught from 1986 to 2019. During her tenure, she was both Program Director of Women’s and Gender Studies from its inception in 2010 and of the Philosophy Department. She founded and chaired Cultivating Mindful Awareness and Intention at Alverno College, and created a course in the Philosophy and Science of Mindfulness. She has published articles, presented papers and given talks on mindfulness and contemplative practice, gender and pedagogy, pedagogy and the Holocaust, gender and the Holocaust, philosophy of food, and critical thinking. Amy is co-editor with Myrna Goldenberg of Different Horrors Same Hell: Gender and the Holocaust, University of Washington Press, 2013. As an adjunct, Shapiro teaches a course on Gender and Genocide for Yeshiva University’s Master’s Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. She is currently writing on present-day issues in light of her knowledge of Holocaust and Genocide.
A group of children who were rescued during the Holocaust, having found shelter in the town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, August 1942.
Courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.