The book is a humorous memoir, with reflections on refugee policy and being ‘not quite one of us.’ A purpose of the book is to delve into how refugees survive and thrive in a strange new country and to better understand the long-term impact of historic trauma. The book also aims to shed light on shifting perceptions of being Jewish in Aotearoa. It moves between the personal and the political; the ridiculous and the profoundly serious, and between past and present.