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Aliya, absorption and family

Name of speaker: 
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
49
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Family, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Rhythmic recitation for children

Name of speaker: 
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
49
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Children's songs
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Name of speaker: 
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
49
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Ḥenna and ḥenna songs

Name of speaker: 
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
49
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Folk songs, Wedding
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Grandma and preserving the Iraqi language and culture

Name of speaker: 
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
49
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Language, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Rabbi Shakir and brit mila

Name of speaker: 
ʾAriela ʾEliyahu (Liktevi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zliten, Tripoli, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Persons
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Passover customs

Name of speaker: 
ʾAriela ʾEliyahu (Liktevi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zliten, Tripoli, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Ḥad Gadya

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Alsheikh
Participants in the conversation: 
Alsheikh family
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Founder of First International Bank of Israel, COO of El Al, economist, CEO's consultant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Thessaloniki, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Piyyutim, Translations
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Health and beauty

Dedicated to my husband, Raḥamim, and to our children: Shalom, ʾOrli, Ronen, Sarit, Michaʾella and Yehuda, and to the memory of my parents, Mantsur Ben Yehuda ʾAharon and Mazzal Bat Yehuda Mantsur Z”L

Name of speaker: 
ʾAviva Ḥabora
Participants in the conversation: 
Mazzal Djibli
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Restaurateur
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Health, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Song of songs for Shabbat

Dedicated to my husband, Raḥamim, and to our children: Shalom, ʾOrli, Ronen, Sarit, Michaʾella and Yehuda, and to the memory of my parents, Mantsur Ben Yehuda ʾAharon and Mazzal Bat Yehuda Mantsur Z”L

Name of speaker: 
ʾAviva Ḥabora
Participants in the conversation: 
Mazzal Djibli
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Restaurateur
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew (ʿAden tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Bible, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

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