Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Education

Documentation:

Lilach Rocker

Year of recording:

2017

The schools in Cairo

Name of speaker:

Prof. Jacob Choueka

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Professor (emeritus) of computer science, head of the Friedberg Cairo Geniza Computerization Project, chief editor of the dictionary "Rav Milim"

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Year of immigration:

1957

Speaker's country of origin:

Egypt

Speaker's community of origin:

Cairo

Language:

Conversation topics:

Education

Documentation:

Liran Osi

Year of recording:

2018

Piyyut for brit mila: Hadi Mila u'bada

Name of speaker:

David Ḥajaj

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Mohel and ḥazzan

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Tunis

Language:

Conversation topics:

Sacred songs

Documentation:

Tsila Cohen

Year of recording:

2011

Song for encouraging prayer and piety

Name of speaker:

Shashuna (Shoshana) Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

101

Year of immigration:

1978

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Education, Women's songs

Documentation:

Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen

Year of recording:

2018

Song for good measures and piety

Name of speaker:

Shashuna (Shoshana) Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

101

Year of immigration:

1978

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Education, Sacred songs

Documentation:

Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen

Year of recording:

2018

Moshe Rabbenu

Name of speaker:

Shashuna (Shoshana) Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

101

Year of immigration:

1978

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Translated biblical texts, Women's songs

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen

Year of recording:

2018

The story of the rabbi's son and the king's ring

Name of speaker:

Shashuna (Shoshana) Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

101

Year of immigration:

1978

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Sermons and moral tales

Documentation:

Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen

Year of recording:

2018

The story of the wise student and the rabbi's daughter

Name of speaker:

Shashuna (Shoshana) Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

101

Year of immigration:

1978

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Sermons and moral tales

Documentation:

Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen

Year of recording:

2018

The stay in the concentration camps during World War II

In memory of Yinon ben Yehudit (the son) who fell during the 1982 Lebanon War, and Yishai Yitzḥak ben Zargona (the husband)

Name of speaker:

Yehudit Sarusi

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

77

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Gabes

Language:

Conversation topics:

Holocaust, World War II

Documentation:

Tsila Cohen

Year of recording:

2017

Yom Kippur

In memory of Yinon ben Yehudit (the son) who fell during the 1982 Lebanon War, and Yishai Yitzḥak ben Zargona (the husband)

Name of speaker:

Yehudit Sarusi

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

77

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Gabes

Language: