Foreword / Sir John Key -- Introduction / Lindy Davis and Ann Gluckman -- Acknowledgments
Perspectives : confused identities, confused involvement, confused trajectory / Sir Peter Gluckman -- Appreciating the Jewish community / Simon O'Connor -- Pathway to the horizon! / Walter (Willy) Hirsh -- Defending our place in New Zealand / Juliet Moses -- Identity, history and endurance: New Zealand's Jewish community / Paul Moon -- The shaping of New Zealand Jewish identity through analysis of historical texts / Philippa K. Smith
Philosophy and Reflection -- My road to belief / Ann Gluckman -- Revolving doors: a candid reflection / Lindy Davis -- Social entrepreneur: the challenge of making positive change / Dame Lesley Max -- Answering the unasked questions / Vernon Levy -- Marti Friedlander: photographer / Leonard Bell -- A 1970s Auckland Jewish childhood / Deborah Stone -- What being Jewish means to me / Jamie Max -- From the heart / Bob Narev -- Thoughts, actions and beliefs of an athlete and adventurer / John Gluckman -- As life would have it / David Galler -- My journey back / Natalie Flynn -- Gathering my herstory / Claire Bruell -- Discovery / Diana Wichtel -- Familiar pathways / David and Yvonne Robinson
Immigration Stories -- My grandfather's arrival in the UK / Miriam Brown -- Which visa will come first? Josef Tretter (1903-1981) / Maria Collins -- A Jewish atheist / Emily Conway -- 'I was an evacuee in wartime England' / Shelagh Coop -- We found ourselves in New Zealand / The Miller family -- Finding love on the other side of the world / Julie Levy -- A Jewish ex-South African family's story / Shirley-Anne Hodgson -- Mila zeh mila (your word is your bond) / Judi Lubetzky -- Israelis in New Zealand / Judi Lubetzky -- From the United States to New Zealand / Kira Bacal -- Think about your community / Arlene Weinberg -- No way to say goodbye / Evelyn Jaffe -- Following our children to New Zealand / Eunice Harris
Emigration Stories -- One man, two lives / Cyril Sherer -- From Epsom Grammar dux to English judge / Carmel Wall -- Florence and Israel / Sara Levi D'Ancona -- My adult life in Israel / Dinah Zenter
Rabbinic Thoughts -- Rabbi Nathanel Friedler -- Being an outsider / Rabbi Ralph Genende OAM -- Reflection on the Auckland years / Rabbi Genende -- Rabbi Jack Engel -- The survival, growth and continuity of the Auckland Jewish community / Rabbi Boruch Zaichyk
Religious and Artistic Expression -- Making Auclkand synagogues unique / Helen Schamroth -- A noted solo performer / Deb Filler
Mourning Ritual -- A personal journey within the rituals of Judaism / Kay Harris -- Poems / Kay Harris
Conversion -- To be a Jew / Richard Davis -- Joan Ivy Bensky, one-time president of the Union of Jewish Woman / Janine Nathan -- Richard Parker -- Three names / Tipene Daniels -- My Jewish soul / Inger Kronqvist -- The Book of Mia / Mia Silverman -- Community involvement comes in many colours / Sally Natan
Beth Shalom -- Beth Shalom and its affiliations -- Reflections on Beth Shalom / Naomi Johnson -- More than one way to be Jewish / Deborah Stone -- Beth Shalom, my community from 1984 / Stephanie Markson -- Beth Shalom: a 94-year-old tells her story / Eunice Defries -- Beth Shalom: Reflections / Chris and Arthur Berman -- The early years of Beth Shalom / John and Jill Pezaro
Storeies and Anecdotes -- A lost kippah in Jerusalem / Rabbi Ralph Genende -- New Zealand volunteers in Israel in June 1967 / Michael Nathan -- Coincidence? / Ann Gluckman -- The story of the Lazarus Torah / Max Cryer -- Auckland: Dawn of a new millennium / Rabbi David Kopstein
Philanthropy -- Sir Ernest Davis's ongoing benefactions to Auckland -- Michael Friedlander: unsung philanthropist / Ann Gluckman -- Raye Freedman and her legacy / Stephen Katz -- Who is going to watch this? / John Barnett -- Giving time and advice is as important as giving money / David Levene -- Generosity makes the man and the nation beyond / Robert Lerner -- The Spirit Adventure Trust and other benefactions / Stephen B Fisher -- Gus Fisher family: giving is better than receiving / Michael Fisher
Community Organisations and Service -- The AHC renovation project at Greys Avenue / Kerry Joel Knight -- Limmud New Zealand / Tanya Thompson and Adina Halpern -- Women on the move / Arlene Weinberg -- Jewish Aspiring Writers Society (JAWS) -- The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand / Chris Harris -- Auckland Second Generation Group / Naomi Johnson -- Senior Outreach Service: A David Pezaro Memorial Project / Stephanie Markson -- The drive to establish a Jewish Museum of New Zealand / Roger Moses -- The Jewish Oral History Project, Auckland / Claire Bruell -- Shadows of Shoah: fighting the ancient hatred / Sheree Trotter -- Group 35: Auckland Jewish women join world movement to protest for refuseniks / Valerie Levy -- WIZO: Women's International Zionist Organisation for an Improved Israeli Society / Valerie Levy with Kay Harris and Annette Faigan -- Keeping a community voice alive / Miriam Bell -- Shalom Court / Anthony Hart
Family Stories -- My life / Danny Phillips -- First woman to chair the AHC Board / Bronwen Klippel -- The family story of Simon Klippel and Inger Kronqvist -- On being Jewish / Philip Gluckman -- How to bring up children / Diane Levy -- A family from Dunedin / Helen Stone -- More than just 'Shmattes' -- the Jaffes -- Lifelong community involvement / Arnold Treister -- Jack and Ettie Nieman / Marcus Tetro -- Growing up as a Jew in New Zealand / David Nathan -- A highly respected general practitioner / Marcus Stone -- In memory of my parents / Veronica (Vera) Krukziener -- The Filler family / Ruth Filler and Esther Haver -- A dedicated worker for the community / Judy Gluckman -- Ruth and Josh Gluckman / Ruth Gluckman -- Becky and the Browns / Annette Brown -- A tribute to my beloved wife Dolores / Amos Ben Menachem -- The business of culture and the culture of business / Claire Bruell -- An indefatigable worker for the community on big issues / Wendy Ross -- Avon Cook -- Remembering Monty Baker / Samaru Baker and Bob Narev -- A true observer of Judaism / Lesley Scher -- David and Esther Faigan / Julian Faigan -- Malcolm Silverman / Michael Silverman
Extended Family Histories -- An untold Holocaust story: the disappearance of Riwka Lewinski / Monika Lewinski Gluckman -- The Shieff family / Sarah, Rob and Jenn Shieff -- A 'whakapapa' of community service / The Bookman family -- The Reynolds family -- White Harris Cartwright families / Kay Harris -- A noteworthy dental career / Clive Ross -- Mick and Pearl Robinson and families / Dian Ross -- Leon Shenken and his line of descent / Mark Shenken -- The Schanzer family: raising children with a strong Jewish identity in a rural New Zealand town / Rachel Schanzer
The Voice of Youth -- Seth Schanzer -- 'A bird can love a fish...' / Frida Kippel -- Free speech and Judaism: why does it matter? / Arielle Friedlander -- Saatchi Goldwater -- What the near future holds: a call to action / Michael Stiassny -- abbreviations -- glossary -- about the editors.
