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His grandmother's passing at home in Libya

לזכרה של אמי, מחו, שנפטרה בגיל צעיר ממחלת השחפת בהיותה בת 34
​ולזכרו של אבי, רחמים, שנפטר בשיבה טובה בגיל 89 בארץ ישראל והשאיר לי ולמשפחתי זיכרונות טובים

Name of speaker: 
Yaʿacov Kaḥlon
Participants in the conversation: 
ʾEsther Shorr (Gavi) and Toni Kaḥlon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction work manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
ʾEsther Shorr (Gavi) and Nir Zuʾarets
Year of recording: 
2019

Children's clothing in Tripoli and dressing the boy for his bar mitzva

לזכרה של אמי, מחו, שנפטרה בגיל צעיר ממחלת השחפת בהיותה בת 34
​ולזכרו של אבי, רחמים, שנפטר בשיבה טובה בגיל 89 בארץ ישראל והשאיר לי ולמשפחתי זיכרונות טובים.

Name of speaker: 
Yaʿacov Kaḥlon
Participants in the conversation: 
ʾEsther Shorr (Gavi) and Toni Kaḥlon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction work manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
ʾEsther Shorr (Gavi) and Nir Zuʾarets
Year of recording: 
2019

Family ties during childhood

לזכרה של אמי, מחו, שנפטרה בגיל צעיר ממחלת השחפת בהיותה בת 34
ולזכרו של אבי, רחמים, שנפטר בשיבה טובה בגיל 89 בארץ ישראל והשאיר לי ולמשפחתי זיכרונות טובים

Name of speaker: 
Yaʿacov Kaḥlon
Participants in the conversation: 
ʾEsther Shorr (Gavi) and Toni Kaḥlon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction work manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
ʾEsther Shorr (Gavi) and Nir Zuʾarets
Year of recording: 
2019

Integration, working in agriculture and the health-care system, receiving an outstanding employee certificate from the prime minister

In memory of Marissa Dadon Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Dadon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Transportation coordinator at Poriya Medical Center and farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

More info: 

Speaker’s Arabic is influenced by the Galilean Arabic in Israel  

Passover and delivering meat to the poor

In memory of Marissa Dadon Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Dadon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Transportation coordinator at Poriya Medical Center and farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

More info: 

Speaker’s Arabic is influenced by the Galilean Arabic in Israel  

Learning shoemaking and working as a shoemaker at a French military jail

In memory of Marissa Dadon Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Dadon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Transportation coordinator at Poriya Medical Center and farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

More info: 

Speaker’s Arabic is influenced by the Galilean Arabic in Israel  

Life at Zarat without a Jewish community and education and returning to Gabes with the help of his brother and sister-in-law

In memory of Marissa Dadon Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Dadon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Transportation coordinator at Poriya Medical Center and farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

More info: 

Speaker’s Arabic is influenced by the Galilean Arabic in Israel  

Meeting his wife and Aliya to Israel

In memory of Marissa Dadon Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Dadon
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Transportation coordinator at Poriya Medical Center and farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

More info: 

Speaker’s Arabic is influenced by the Galilean Arabic in Israel  

Aliya to Israel, absorption, spending Shabbat at the spring, livelihood and gathering food in the mountains

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Communal identity, children's games, shopping on Shabbat and wedding

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

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