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Housing, livelihood and celebration in Israel

Name of speaker: 
Marcel Carmeli
Participants in the conversation: 
ʾEster Babjanian
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Hospital aide and housekeeping
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Jewellery, mikve and ḥenna

Name of speaker: 
Rachel Chakmon
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Dialects in Tunisia and proverbs

Name of speaker: 
Rachel Chakmon
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Childhood

Name of speaker: 
Rachel Chakmon
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Making cuscus

Name of speaker: 
Rachel Chakmon
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Matchmaking, wedding and early days of marriage

Name of speaker: 
Zehava Mezig
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten teacher and foster caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

The Nazi invasion to Zarzis

Name of speaker: 
Zehava Mezig
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten teacher and foster caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Health, pregnancy and birth

Name of speaker: 
Rachel Chakmon
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Tomb pilgrimage on Shavuot

Name of speaker: 
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
49
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021
Translator: 
Nathan Himmelfarb

Translation: 

On Shavuot, the Iraqi Jews like to…they don’t (just) like to, they have a custom of making kahi and qemar. And Shavuot in Baghdad, they would go to the Prophet Ezekiel and visit his tomb. And on the morning of the holiday, they eat cheeses…they eat kahi and qemar. That’s the custom of Shavuot in Baghdad. When the wake up on Shabbat, all of the Iraqi Jews eat eggs and eggplant. And we, at home, like to eat pita…hot bread…and eggs and eggplant, salads and amba. And that’s the custom of all Iraqi Jews on Shabbat morning. On the evening of Shabbat, when we do the Shabbat blessings, we say Iraqi Shbahot (Jewish songs of praise). We do it…in our house, we like the Iraqi customs.

 

Brit mila and zeved habat (naming the girl ceremony) piyyutim and customs

Name of speaker: 
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
49
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

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