Judeo-Persian

Speaker's community of origin:

Khorramshahr

Language:

Conversation topics:

Counting of the Omer, Cuisine, Hanukka, Lag Ba'omer, Passover, Purim, Rosh Ḥodesh, Sukkot

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2020

Beliefs and amulets

Name of speaker:

Naʿima ʾAvrahami

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

87

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Khorramshahr

Language:

Folk beliefs, Non-Jewish population

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2020

Life in Israel, wars and her husband's occupation

Name of speaker:

Naʿima ʾAvrahami

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

87

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Khorramshahr

Language:

Aliya, Occupations and livelihoods, Relationships with non-Jews

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2020

Engagement and wedding

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:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Family, Wedding

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2022

Folk beliefs

Name of speaker:

Leʾa ʾElḥayeq Israʾeli

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Writer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1965

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Folk beliefs

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2022

Honor and helping others

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:

Language:

Customs and traditions, Education

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2022

School, education and men's livelihood

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:

Language:

Education, Occupations and livelihoods

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2022

Brit mila and the story of his son's birth

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:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Circle of life, Women

, Brit mila

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2022

Sheva Brachot (the seven blessings) and the bride's purification

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:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Wedding, Women

Documentation:

Yisca Yizchak

Year of recording:

2022

Giving birth to a son and a daughter

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:

Language: