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The economy of Moroccan Jewry: helping boys to earn a living in Morocco and the rich of Morocco

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon ʾOhana
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Manufacturing plant worker and events singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Boys and girls playing separately and shopping at the market

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon ʾOhana
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Manufacturing plant worker and events singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

The King of Morocco's Protection of the Jews During War

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon ʾOhana
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Manufacturing plant worker and events singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Escape at night from Beni Mellal and making aliya to Israel via Casablanca

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon ʾOhana
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Manufacturing plant worker and events singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Beni Mellal: life and livelihood in a city mixed with Arabs and Jews

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

 

 

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon ʾOhana
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Manufacturing plant worker and events singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

A renewed visit to Morocco and the excitement of seeing his childhood home

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon ʾOhana
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Manufacturing plant worker and events singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Love of Jewish holidays: Sukkot, Passover and Shavuot

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon ʾOhana
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Manufacturing plant worker and events singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

The three sources of flesh and the sultan's advice and the recitation

Dedicated with love to the ʾArbiv families and their generations

Name of speaker: 
Tsiona ʾArbiv
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
71
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Folk medicine for various pains and for a breastfeeding woman

Dedicated with love to the ʾArbiv families and their generations

Name of speaker: 
Tsiona ʾArbiv
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
71
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Food and Drink: couscous, ʿasida (traditional porridge), tea with peanuts and various types of pastries

Dedicated with love to the ʾArbiv families and their generations

Name of speaker: 
Tsiona ʾArbiv
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
71
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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