Community - Mother Tongue

Afghanistan

Herat

Courtesy and mutual responsibility

Life and studies in Herat

Israel

Courtesy and mutual responsibility

Algeria

El Oued (Souf)

Furnishing the house

The Jewish community in El Oued (Souf)

The Jewish court and community rabbis

The nature of the community

Caucasus

Derbent

Jewish tradition and the connection to Israel

Jews' occupations and relations with non-Jews

Tension within the family concerning religion and communism

The community in Nalchik and the attitude towards the locals

Nalchik

The community in Nalchik and the attitude towards the locals

Egypt

Cairo

Duties of the gabbai (synagogue warden)

Karaites in Egypt

Keeping Shabbat in Cairo

Spoken languages and relationships with the neighbours

The spoken languages in Egypt

Yeshiva in Cairo

Europe: Eastern

Warsaw

Communities in Poland

Europe: Western

Endingen

Synagogue in Endingen

The immigration of Eastern European Jews to Switzerland

The Jewish communities in Lucerne

The synagogue's bell

Lucerne

Synagogue in Endingen

The immigration of Eastern European Jews to Switzerland

The Jewish communities in Lucerne

The synagogue's bell

Wissembourg (France)

The Jewish communities in Alsace-Lorraine, Jewish occupations and expressions

Zurich (Switzerland)

Synagogue in Endingen

The immigration of Eastern European Jews to Switzerland

The Jewish communities in Alsace-Lorraine, Jewish occupations and expressions

The Jewish communities in Lucerne

The synagogue's bell

Georgia

Greece

Ioannina

Description of the community of Ioannina and its current cultural preservation

Thessaloniki

Community structures that were destroyed during World War II

The danger in speaking Ladino during World War II

India

Chendamangalam

Attitude towards the caste system in India

Ernakulam

Attitude towards the caste system in India

Mala

Attitude towards the caste system in India

Iran

Bijar

The status of women

Isfahan

Life in Isfahan

The Jewish neighbourhood in Isfahan

The Jewish neighbourhood, women's life and weddings

Nahawand

The situation in Iran before making Aliya

Shiraz

School in Shiraz

Iraq

Baghdad

Community and Farhud

Lifestyle, religion and community

Mutual help and assistance in the community

The early days of the city of Shamia

The Farhud (The 1941 Pogrom Against Iraqi Jewry)

Erbil

Koy Sanjak's Jews

Koy Sanjak

Koy Sanjak's Jews

ʿAna

ʿAna community

Israel

Peqi'in

Tithe and charity for the poor

Kurdistan

Amadiya

Kurdish Jews' foods

Awena

Aliya, absorption and the relationship with other Jewish communities in Israel

Daily life and the war of the Kurds

Erbil

Family and the Kurdish community in Israel

Kashrut, language, community and relationship with non Jews

Israel

Community and women

Kurdish Jews' foods

Spiritual leadership and Rabbis' daughters

Zichron Yosef neighborhood

Qapʾachʾan

Life in Kurdistan, community and the synagogue arson

Sulaymaniya

Ants in the supply room

Description of community and concern for the poor

Jew builds a mosque

Zakho

Community and women

Family, community and synagouges

Foods

History of Zakho and hospitality of King Zakho’s son

Preserving religion in Zakho

Spiritual leadership and Rabbis' daughters

Spoken languages in Zakho

Weddings, singing and leisure

Zichron Yosef neighborhood

ʿAbad

Daily life and Shabbat preparation

Lebanon

Beirut (Wadi Abu Jamil)

Libya

Gharyan

Community life and mutual aid

Life in Gharyan and Tripoli

Tripoli

Community life and mutual aid

Life in Gharyan and Tripoli

Morocco

Asammer

Aliya and community

Life and barter in Asammer

Life in Morocco

Revisiting Morocco

Asslen

Holidays and fasting

Way of living and the community

Azemmour

Jews of the Atlas mountains (Shluḥ)

Casablanca

Differences between the Jewish communities in Morocco

Jews of the Atlas mountains (Shluḥ)

Demnate

Demnate Jews' way of life

Fes

Marrakesh

Differences between the Jewish communities in Morocco

The Jewish quarter

Ouarzazate

Life in Morocco and Aliya to Israel

Oumnass

Differences between the Jewish communities in Morocco

Qsar Ssouq

Roots trip in Morocco

Settat

Community life in Settat

Timztot

Life in Timztot

Status of men and women in the community

Syria

Damascus

Ḥalab

Father-son traditions

Qamishli

Father-son traditions

Tunisia

Djerba

Differences between communities in Tunisia

Life in Djerba and connection to the land of Israel

Djerba (the large quarter)

The community's atmosphere and foods

Gabes

Rabbi Moshe Chalphon Hacohen and the Nazi invasion

Sulayman

Connection between Jewish communities and roots trips

Turkey

Aydın

Family and community customs

Family, community, education and holidays

Buenos Aires

Family and community customs

Family, community, education and holidays

Challa

Arrest and forced attempt to convert to Islam

Murder of the peddler

Sufi Ibrahim, the prayer rug and the Hajj

The history of the Jews in Challa

Istanbul

Authorities' attitude and forced labor

Family, community and language

Yemen

Ḥaima

Manners of payment amongst Jews

Ḥawlan

Life in Yemen and Aliya and settlement in Israel

Synagogue and Tora studies

Mingide

Aliya, absorption, livelihood and community

Radʿa

Love for poetry and folk songs

Raymah

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