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Love songs and a song about selling a girl in marriage

Name of speaker: 
Yona Karaz
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Passover and matzot making

Name of speaker: 
Yona Karaz
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Ḥenna ceremony and the wife's move to her husband's house

Name of speaker: 
Yona Karaz
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Meeting her husband and engagement

Name of speaker: 
Yona Karaz
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Farm work, art and teaching how to read and write

Name of speaker: 
Yona Karaz
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Her friend's late husband

Name of speaker: 
Yona Karaz
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Clothing and jewelry and her occupation as a tailor and dresser

Name of speaker: 
Yona Karaz
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Amulets and ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Name of speaker: 
Yona Karaz
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Childhood

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana Korkus
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Research secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2023

A song Kamila wrote about the Ministry of Labor

Name of speaker: 
Kamila Zigdon
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farm manager and merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
93
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

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