Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Cycle of the year

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Bar mitzva

Name of speaker:

Frida Ḥaswa

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Family business partner

Age of speaker at time of recording:

74

Year of immigration:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Syria

Speaker's community of origin:

Damascus

Language:

Conversation topics:

Circle of life

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Synagogue

Name of speaker:

Frida Ḥaswa

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Family business partner

Age of speaker at time of recording:

74

Year of immigration:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Syria

Speaker's community of origin:

Damascus

Language:

Conversation topics:

Synagogues

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Tale of the old mother who was asked for her hand

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Yosef Rajuan

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Tailor and cloth merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

75

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ

Year of recording:

1975

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

A mother's fable

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Ezra Mashiaḥ‘

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Accountant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

63

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Baqubah, Baghdad

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Year of recording:

1973

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the rich man who used to exaggerate

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Yosef Rajuan

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Tailor and cloth merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

75

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ

Year of recording:

1975

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of a neighborhood thug

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Yosef Rajuan

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Tailor and cloth merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

75

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ

Year of recording:

1975

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the son who hit his mother

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Yosef Rajuan

Participants in the conversation:

David Semah

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Tailor and cloth merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

75

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ

Year of recording:

1975

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the Jew who whispered to a donkey

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Yosef Rajuan

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Tailor and cloth merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

75

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics: