Judeo-Persian

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Circle of life, Folk beliefs, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Her mother's early marriage

Name of speaker:

Meri Maḥani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Elderly caregiver, aide and factory employee

Age of speaker at time of recording:

62

Year of immigration:

1979

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Life story, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

The role of the community rabbi and Jewish rituals

Name of speaker:

Meri Maḥani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Elderly caregiver, aide and factory employee

Age of speaker at time of recording:

62

Year of immigration:

1979

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Circle of life, Community

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Life in Shiraz: relationship with Muslims and her parents' occupations

Name of speaker:

Meri Maḥani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Elderly caregiver, aide and factory employee

Age of speaker at time of recording:

62

Year of immigration:

1979

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Occupations and livelihoods, Relationships with non-Jews

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Jewish holidays and fasting

Name of speaker:

Meri Maḥani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Elderly caregiver, aide and factory employee

Age of speaker at time of recording:

62

Year of immigration:

1979

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cycle of the year, Fasting

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Keeping Shabbat in Iran

Name of speaker:

Meri Maḥani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Elderly caregiver, aide and factory employee

Age of speaker at time of recording:

62

Year of immigration:

1979

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Shabbat

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Women's occupations and mutual assistance during labor

Name of speaker:

Meri Maḥani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Elderly caregiver, aide and factory employee

Age of speaker at time of recording:

62

Year of immigration:

1979

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Circle of life, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Wedding song

Name of speaker:

Meri Maḥani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Elderly caregiver, aide and factory employee

Age of speaker at time of recording:

62

Year of immigration:

1979

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Wedding, Women's songs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Song for a groom

Name of speaker:

ʾEliyahu Mareza ʾAqa Ben Luz Israʾeli

Participants in the conversation:

Leʾa ʾElḥayeq Israʾeli

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Teacher and merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

107

Year of immigration:

1965

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Tuyserkan

Language:

Conversation topics:

Women

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2022

Medicine and home remedies

Name of speaker:

ʾEti Zionit Goshen

Participants in the conversation:

Leʾa ʾElḥayeq

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Writer and lecturer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1989

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Tuyserkan

Language: