Isfahan

Speaker's community of origin:

Isfahan

Language:

Conversation topics:

Nursery rhymes

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Matchmaking, wedding, virginity test and giving birth

Name of speaker:

Dalia Pajand

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Persian folklore and classical music teacher

Age of speaker at time of recording:

56

Year of immigration:

1986

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Isfahan

Language:

Conversation topics:

Customs and traditions, Wedding, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

The Jewish community and life during the Islamic revolution

Name of speaker:

Dalia Pajand

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Persian folklore and classical music teacher

Age of speaker at time of recording:

56

Year of immigration:

1986

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Isfahan

Language:

Community, Relationships with non-Jews

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Baking matzot, Passover and Kashrut (dietary laws)

In memory of my husband, Reḥamim son of Freḥa, and to my parents, ʾAvraham and Shoshana

Name of speaker:

Ruthi (Talaʿat) Yom-Tov (Menasheof)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Cuisine, Cycle of the year, Passover

Documentation:

Ophir Carmel-Phofliger

Year of recording:

2022

The synagogue and the school

In memory of my husband, Reḥamim son of Freḥa, and to my parents, ʾAvraham and Shoshana

Name of speaker:

Ruthi (Talaʿat) Yom-Tov (Menasheof)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Education, Synagogues

Documentation:

Ophir Carmel-Phofliger

Year of recording:

2022

The Jewish “impurity” and the prohibition against them touching fruits in the market

In memory of my husband, Reḥamim son of Freḥa, and to my parents, ʾAvraham and Shoshana

Name of speaker:

Ruthi (Talaʿat) Yom-Tov (Menasheof)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Relationships with non-Jews

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Ophir Carmel-Phofliger

Year of recording:

2022

Dating and wedding, pregnancy and birth

In memory of my husband, Reḥamim son of Freḥa, and to my parents, ʾAvraham and Shoshana

Name of speaker:

Ruthi (Talaʿat) Yom-Tov (Menasheof)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Wedding

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Ophir Carmel-Phofliger

Year of recording:

2022

The Jewish quarter in Isfahan and two Jewish women marrying Muslims

In memory of my husband, Reḥamim son of Freḥa, and to my parents, ʾAvraham and Shoshana

Name of speaker:

Ruthi (Talaʿat) Yom-Tov (Menasheof)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Community, Geographical space, Relationships with non-Jews

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Ophir Carmel-Phofliger

Year of recording:

2022

Holidays and Shabbat

In memory of my husband, Reḥamim son of Freḥa, and to my parents, ʾAvraham and Shoshana

Name of speaker:

Ruthi (Talaʿat) Yom-Tov (Menasheof)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Circle of life, Cycle of the year, Hanukka, Shabbat, Shavuot, Sukkot

Documentation:

Ophir Carmel-Phofliger

Year of recording:

2022

Yom Kippur, seliḥoth (Jewish penitential prayers) and violating her father's curfew to open the synagogue

In memory of my husband, Reḥamim son of Freḥa, and to my parents, ʾAvraham and Shoshana

Name of speaker:

Ruthi (Talaʿat) Yom-Tov (Menasheof)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: