Djerba

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Conversation topics:

Folk songs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

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This Arabic poem inspired the creation of the Hebrew poem 'Goali-ya' by Asher Mizrahi

Juḥa stories

In memory of my mother, Diamanta Shelley, my father, Nissim Mesika and my brother Meʾir Mesika – may they rest in peace

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Mesika

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Florist

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1956

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Jokes, Persons, Proverbs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (first month of the Hebrew year)

In memory of Saʿada Trabelsi who lived in Djerba, Tunisia most of his life

May these recordings, of ancestral traditions that were so dear to him, serve as commemoration of a great man

Name of speaker:

Saʿada Trabelsi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1990

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Customs and traditions

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

1994

Se'udat Yitro (Feast of Jethro)

In memory of Saʿada Trabelsi who lived in Djerba, Tunisia most of his life

May these recordings, of ancestral traditions that were so dear to him, serve as commemoration of a great man

Name of speaker:

Saʿada Trabelsi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1990

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Customs and traditions

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

1994

Fasting

In memory of Saʿada Trabelsi who lived in Djerba, Tunisia most of his life

May these recordings, of ancestral traditions that were so dear to him, serve as commemoration of a great man

Name of speaker:

Saʿada Trabelsi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1990

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Fasting

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

1994

Hanukka, Tu BiShvat and Purim

In memory of Saʿada Trabelsi who lived in Djerba, Tunisia most of his life

May these recordings, of ancestral traditions that were so dear to him, serve as commemoration of a great man

Name of speaker:

Saʿada Trabelsi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1990

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Hanukka, Purim, Tu BiShvat

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

1994

Passover

In memory of Saʿada Trabelsi who lived in Djerba, Tunisia most of his life

May these recordings, of ancestral traditions that were so dear to him, serve as commemoration of a great man

Name of speaker:

Saʿada Trabelsi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1990

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Passover, Passover Haggada and the Seder

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

1994

Counting of the Omer and Shavuot

In memory of Saʿada Trabelsi who lived in Djerba, Tunisia most of his life

May these recordings, of ancestral traditions that were so dear to him, serve as commemoration of a great man

Name of speaker:

Saʿada Trabelsi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1990

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Counting of the Omer, Shavuot

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

1994

Selling mitzvot

In memory of Saʿada Trabelsi who lived in Djerba, Tunisia most of his life

May these recordings, of ancestral traditions that were so dear to him, serve as commemoration of a great man

Name of speaker:

Saʿada Trabelsi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1990

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Customs and traditions

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

1994

Sukkot, Hoshaʿana Rabba, Shemini Atzeret and Isru chag

In memory of Saʿada Trabelsi who lived in Djerba, Tunisia most of his life

May these recordings, of ancestral traditions that were so dear to him, serve as commemoration of a great man

Name of speaker:

Saʿada Trabelsi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

Year of immigration:

1990

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: