English

Polygamy

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Twito
Participants in the conversation: 
Mazal-Mas‘uda Twito
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1945
Speaker's country of origin: 
Algeria
Speaker's community of origin: 
El Oued (Souf)
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: Family
Documentation: 
Prof. Yehudit Henshke, Suzi and Rahamim Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018

Furnishing the house

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʾAtias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Algeria
Speaker's community of origin: 
El Oued (Souf)
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community
, Interior design
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Suzi and Raḥamim Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018
Translation: 

General translation:

In El Oued (Souf) they had no beds, they slept on the floor and covered themselves in Khuli, which is a handmade quilt.

Her aunt used to weave the Khuli with loom. The Khuli comes in many shapes and colours.

Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
Julie-Dalia Bitan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Algeria
Speaker's community of origin: 
El Oued (Souf)
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Suzi and Raḥamim Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018
Translator: 
Suzi and Raḥamim Cohen
Translation: 

General translation:

For Shabbat they used to make bread in a Tabun oven. They also made fried pepper. The ḥamin (t'fina) they made on grill.

For Kiddush (blessing) they used squashed raisins minced in water.

They also did “Hamotzi” (blessed the ḥalla bread).

 

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Name of speaker: 
Jeano Atlan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Poet
Speaker's country of origin: 
Algeria
Speaker's community of origin: 
Constantine
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Sacred songs, Translations
Documentation: 
Serge Allouche

Aliya and settlement

Name of speaker: 
Julie-Dalia Bitan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Algeria
Speaker's community of origin: 
El Oued (Souf)
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Prof. Yehudit Henshke, Suzi and Rahamim Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018

Aliya and settlement in the Negev

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʾAtias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Algeria
Speaker's community of origin: 
El Oued (Souf)
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Suzi and Raḥamim Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018
Translation: 

General translation:

Sara made Aliya in 1955. They came by ship to the port of Haifa. There, a truck waited for them and took them straight to moshav Yoshivia. In Yoshivia, they received iron beds and straw mattresses, one Primus stove for cooking and one for making hamin (a Jewish stew). They call the hamin- ‘t’fins’.

The living conditions in the moshav at that time were not as good. Sewage ran in the  streets. They washed their laundry by hand.

They received a one-bedroom house. There were no infrastructures, and no power in the streets.

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