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Gifts for babies during pregnancy, celebrations of the birth of a son and daughter and naming

Name of speaker: 
Rachelle ʾArania
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Head accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1971
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Istanbul
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Names
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll and Prof. Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2021

Shabbat customs

Name of speaker: 
Rachelle ʾArania
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Head accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1971
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Istanbul
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Shabbat
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll and Prof. Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2021

Keeping kosher inside vs. outside and relationships with the Muslim neighbours

Name of speaker: 
Rachelle ʾArania
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Head accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1971
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Istanbul
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Customs and traditions, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll and Prof. Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2021

Holiday cleaning, Passover seder, complaints from Muslim neighbours and bribing police

Name of speaker: 
Rachelle ʾArania
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Head accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1971
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Istanbul
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover, Passover Haggada and the Seder, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll and Prof. Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2021

Relationship with the Muslims, Turkish Independence Day and death of Atatürk

Name of speaker: 
Clara Alfandari
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Textile and housekeeping
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
97
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Istanbul
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

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