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Shabbat and schooling at cheder

Dedicated to my children and grandchildren – the coming generations

Name of speaker: 
Meʾir Kadosh
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Diamond cutter
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mogador (Essaouira), Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Education, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Asher Cohen
Year of recording: 
2019

Painting and work

Dedicated to my children and grandchildren – the coming generations

Name of speaker: 
Meʾir Kadosh
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Diamond cutter
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mogador (Essaouira), Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Asher Cohen
Year of recording: 
2019

Passover preparations

Name of speaker: 
Fortuna Diamant (Maimon)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Caterer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
ʿAliza Brosh (Arviv) and Meʾir Brosh
Year of recording: 
2019

Song about American aircraft

Name of speaker: 
Nissim Rubin
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner, volunteers at the Libyan Jewish Heritage Center
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Holocaust, World War II
Documentation: 
ʿAliza Brosh (Arviv) and Meʾir Brosh
Year of recording: 
2019

Life story

Name of speaker: 
Nissim Rubin
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner, volunteers at the Libyan Jewish Heritage Center
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
ʿAliza Brosh (Arviv) and Meʾir Brosh
Year of recording: 
2019

World War II

Name of speaker: 
Nissim Rubin
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner, volunteers at the Libyan Jewish Heritage Center
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Holocaust, World War II
Documentation: 
ʿAliza Brosh (Arviv) and Meʾir Brosh
Year of recording: 
2019

School and making couscous

Name of speaker: 
Lina Naḥum (Daʿadush)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Sales
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Education
Documentation: 
ʿAliza Brosh (Arviv) and Meʾir Brosh
Year of recording: 
2019

Rabbi Nissim Indibo HaCohen and the Ḥacham of Damascus

Name of speaker: 
ʿAzar Ḥalabi
Occupation of speaker: 
Textile merchant and agricultural engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
71
Departure date: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Syria
Speaker's community of origin: 
Damascus
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Persons
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2020

Arrest and imprisonment following Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
ʿAzar Ḥalabi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Textile merchant and agricultural engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
71
Departure date: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Syria
Speaker's community of origin: 
Damascus
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2020

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