Algeria - Mother Tongue

Aflou

Tsipora Klein

Absorption in Israel

Constantine

Alexander Zerbib

The Sixth Commandment

Armen Zardon

The Fifth Commandment

Freddie Uzan

The Eighth Commandment

Huber Shukron

"Shochne bate homer" for Solomon ibn Gabirol

Jeano Atlan

Shochne bate homer in Arabic

Rabbi Alber Naqash

Prophecy of Yeshayahu (Isaiah) - Shabbat chazon haftara

Rabbi Henri Levi

Passover Haggada from Constantine

The Seventh Commandment

Yearning song for Hakadosh Baruch Hu (Almighty)

Rabbi Michael Sharvit

Chad Gadya in Arabic

Poem for breaking the matza and 'Ha Laḥma ʿAnya' from Constantine

Rabbi Tsion Buskila

"Hatikva" anthem

El Oued (Souf)

Biya (Clemontain) Bitan

Lighting candles for Shabbat and holidays

The Jewish community in El Oued (Souf)

Tora studies for girls

Farji Bitan

Brit mila

Talmud Tora studies

The nature of education at school

Julie-Dalia Bitan

Moshav (village) agriculture in the 1950's

Aliya and living in the ma'abara (absorption camp) in Be'er Sheva

Aliya and settlement

Brit mila

Childhood in 'El Oued' (Souf)

Engagement and marriage

Hafrashat ḥalla (separating the ḥalla)

Hanukka

Midwife

Passover customs

Poverty and livelihood difficulties

Poverty and neighbourliness with the Muslims

Purim

Rosh Ḥodesh (first of the month) customs

Shabbat

Shavuot

Sukkot

The Nazi invasion to Algeria

Women's education

Yom Kippur

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Mazal-Mas‘uda Twito

Rabbi Naḥmias' righteousness

Mazzal-Mas‘uda Twito

Recruited family members during World War II

The nature of the community

The nutrition menu

Sara ʾAtias

Aliya and settlement in the Negev

Dream

Furnishing the house

Livelihood in Israel

Mikve (purification bath) in El Oued (Souf)

Passover preparations

Passover Seder plate

Pogroms against the Jews of Algeria under the Nazis

Secret language of goldsmiths

Sewing dresses for Passover

Yosef Twito

Children's education and subjects of studies

Choice of making Aliya

Polygamy

Rabbi Naḥmias

Rabbi Naḥmias who saved a baby from death on the day of brit mila

Recruiting young men to the army during World War II

Relationships with Muslims

The Jewish court and community rabbis

The Trachoma disease

World War II in Algeria

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