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Reading the Tora: the stories of Yosef

Name of speaker: 
Yosef ʿAmarusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Shoemaker and a court clerk
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Song of the sea

Name of speaker: 
Sa‘adya Tsabari
Participants in the conversation: 
Margalit Tsabari
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Sofer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Reading the Tora portion of Vayeira (He appeared)

Name of speaker: 
Shalom (Salem) David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
87
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

A song to welcome the groom 'Adon Olam, Answer Me in Prayer'

Name of speaker: 
David Shuker
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿomi Shuker
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
The Head of the Bnei Ayish local council and chairman of the committee for the Rescue of Yemenite Jews
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Reading from the Tora portion of Devarim and Psalms

Name of speaker: 
Yona Yehuda (Ḥamama Lagami)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker; daycare educator at WIZO; home caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2024

Synagogue and song of the sea

Name of speaker: 
Yehuda ʾElkobi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Insurance agent
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2024

Reading of the Tora portion of Korach

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Ḥajby
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
87
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2024

Piyyutim for brit mila

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon ʾItaḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Shoemaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
91
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2023

Song of Ascents

Dedicated to my grandfather, Rabbi Meshulam Cohen

Name of speaker: 
Yaʿacov Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Community Rabbi
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
48
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿacov Cohen
Year of recording: 
2017

Keeping kosher as the only Jewish student

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: , Keeping the commandments
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

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