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Clothing

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Bar-Shay (Benʿatia)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Engineer, researcher at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and mosaic artist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1958
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Clothing
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Education and schooling

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Bar-Shay (Benʿatia)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Engineer, researcher at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and mosaic artist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1958
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Education, Simḥat Tora
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Family story

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Bar-Shay (Benʿatia)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Engineer, researcher at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and mosaic artist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1958
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Rabbis

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Bar-Shay (Benʿatia)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Engineer, researcher at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and mosaic artist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1958
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Persons, Synagogues, World War II
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Asida

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Bar-Shay (Benʿatia)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Engineer, researcher at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and mosaic artist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1958
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Occupation and livelihood

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Bar-Shay (Benʿatia)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Engineer, researcher at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and mosaic artist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1958
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Housing

Name of speaker: 
ʾAvraham Bar-Shay (Benʿatia)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Engineer, researcher at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and mosaic artist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1958
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

The Rabbi's disaster at the maʿabara (absorption camp) in Tiberias

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition 

Name of speaker: 
Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Father's livelihood amongst the villages

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition 

Name of speaker: 
Madeline (Bokobza) Bitan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Games

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition 

Name of speaker: 
Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gabes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Leisure
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

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