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I	Jewish Mariners	11
II	The Jews Come to Holland	16
III	The Maori and the Musket	22
IV	The First of the Jewish Pioneers	26
V	Joel Samuel Polack	33
VI	A Select Committee on the Islands of New Zealand	40
VII	The First Jewish Immigrants	47
VIII	The Beginning of the Auckland Community	51
IX	The Beginning of the Wellington Community	58
X	The Communities Develop	67
XI	The Maori Wars	82
XII	Gold	90
XIII	The Most Southern Congregation in the World	96
XIV	A Canterbury Tale	103
XV	A Ghost Synagogue	108
XVI	Zeal in the Antipodes	113
XVII XVIII	Two Spiritual Giants The Problems of Intermarriage	128
XIX	Parliament and the Russian Jews	138
XX	Jews in Industry and Commerce	145
XXI	Jews and Journalism	152
XXII	The Jews in Arts and Civics	159
XXIII	Jews in the Legislature	164
XXIV	Sir Julius Vogel	168page 8
XXV	The Synagogues	180
XXVI	A Survey of Jewish Religious Practices in New Zealand	187
XXVII	Education	193
XXVIII	The Social Structure	199
XXIX	Zionism	205
XXX	Social Relationships	212
XXXI	The Opposition to the Refugees	224
XXXII	"The Jewish People Are Our Best People"	232
	Glossary	239
	Bibliography	243
	Index	251