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Ladino as a mother, changing her name at school and her children's interest in the language

Name of speaker: 
Rina Dahan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
ʾOrit Nissim
Year of recording: 
2025

Preserving the language

Name of speaker: 
Rina Dahan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
ʾOrit Nissim
Year of recording: 
2025

Eliʿezer and the carrot in Ladino

Name of speaker: 
Rina Dahan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
ʾOrit Nissim
Year of recording: 
2025

Story about the Tzitzit (ritual fringes) that saved her grandfather

Name of speaker: 
Rina Dahan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
ʾOrit Nissim
Year of recording: 
2025

Proverbs

Name of speaker: 
Rina Dahan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
ʾOrit Nissim
Year of recording: 
2025

Community and Shabbat

Dedicated to my son, Shimʿon Dahan, and to my daughter, ʾIlana Berman

Name of speaker: 
Roza Dahan (Mizraḥi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Gila Zamir and Elishevʿa Barak
Year of recording: 
2020

Her marriage to a Moroccan Jew and the preservation of Sephardic culture

Dedicated to my son, Shimʿon Dahan, and to my daughter, ʾIlana Berman

Name of speaker: 
Roza Dahan (Mizraḥi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Gila Zamir and Elishevʿa Barak
Year of recording: 
2020

Sacred songs and proverb

Dedicated to my son, Shimʿon Dahan, and to my daughter, ʾIlana Berman

Name of speaker: 
Roza Dahan (Mizraḥi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Gila Zamir and Elishevʿa Barak
Year of recording: 
2020

Education, adolescence and bar mitzva

Dedicated to my son, Shimʿon Dahan, and to my daughter, ʾIlana Berman

Name of speaker: 
Roza Dahan (Mizraḥi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Gila Zamir and Elishevʿa Barak
Year of recording: 
2020

Circle of life: birth, brit mila and bereavement

Dedicated to my son, Shimʿon Dahan, and to my daughter, ʾIlana Berman

Name of speaker: 
Roza Dahan (Mizraḥi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Documentation: 
Gila Zamir and Elishevʿa Barak
Year of recording: 
2020

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