Damascus

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Life story, Wedding

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Opposing folk beliefs

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Folk beliefs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Community life in Damascus

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community, Family

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Alliance school in Damascus

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Education

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Entering cemeteries, bereavement and distributing special bread during memorials

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Customs and traditions, Death and Mourning

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Debating where to emigrate, making aliya and absorption at Jerusalem

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Aliya, Settlement and absorption

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

The Tray of Elijah the Prophet and pidyon haben (redemption of the first-born son)

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Circle of life, Customs and traditions

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Their lives in Lebanon: community, synagogues and an announcement before Shabbat

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community, Shabbat, Synagogues

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Folk remedies: baking soda, black coffee, ʿakub and chatmia

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cuisine, Health and folk medicine, Women

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Women's immersion in the mikve before their wedding

Name of speaker:

Lusi ʾEliya (Mussali)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Translator and secretary

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: