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Family, community, education and holidays

Name of speaker: 
Esther Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Ladino teaching
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aydın, Buenos Aires
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Community, Cycle of the year, Education, Family, Fasting, Passover, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Shabbat, Simḥat Tora, Sukkot
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll
Year of recording: 
2019

Story I wrote

Name of speaker: 
ʾEsther Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Ladino teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aydın, Buenos Aires
Language: 
Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: Story
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll
Year of recording: 
2019

Weddings and family life

Name of speaker: 
ʾEsther Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Ladino teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aydın, Buenos Aires
Language: 
Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Family, Wedding
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll
Year of recording: 
2019

Recipes

Name of speaker: 
ʾEsther Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Ladino teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aydın, Buenos Aires
Language: 
Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll
Year of recording: 
2019

Meʿam Loʿez

Name of speaker: 
ʾEsther Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Ladino teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aydın, Buenos Aires
Language: 
Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Translations
, Tora interpretation
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll
Year of recording: 
2019

Ladino teaching

Name of speaker: 
ʾEsther Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Ladino teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aydın, Buenos Aires
Language: 
Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Language, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll
Year of recording: 
2019

La Tavla De Dulse (a poem)

Name of speaker: 
Silvana Gabriela Vivas
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
English teaching
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
48
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Izmir, Istanbul, Buenos Aires
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Prof. Liliana Benveniste
Year of recording: 
2019
Hebrew translator: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll
Translation: 

Dialog between the poet and a silver tray hung on the wall. The dialog reminisces family gatherings from holidays, different delectable, etc.

Transcription: 

Poemas de Matilde Koen-Sarano

por Mathilde Koen-Sarano

 

La tavlá de dulse

Tavlá de plata
A mi pared enkolgada,
Kualo te akodras de tu vida pasada?

M’akodro fiestas
I me akodro de bodas,
M’akodro manos de mujeres henozas.

T’akodras madres,
Ijas, tías i parientes?
T’akodras l...read more

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The veal that turned into fish

Name of speaker: 
Silvana Gabriela Vivas
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
English teaching
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
48
Speaker's country of origin: 
Turkey
Speaker's community of origin: 
Izmir, Istanbul, Buenos Aires
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Prof. Liliana Benveniste
Year of recording: 
2019
Hebrew translator: 
Dr. Shifra Schnoll
Translation: 

During the Spanish inquisition, a priest persuaded a Jew to convert to Christianity. One day, on a Friday afternoon, the priest came to visit the Jew, to make sure he is not breaking any Christian laws, but was surprised to find the Jew sitting down having a roasted veal for lunch.

“What is this?!” said the priest, “are you eating meat?! You know that’s not allowed on a Friday.”

“No, it’s not meat, it’s fish”, the Jew replied.  

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The speaker is not a native Ladino speaker 

 

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