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Children's sleep

Name of speaker: 
Zilpa Gorani
Participants in the conversation: 
Tikva Meyuḥas
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho, Mosul
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Childhood
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Birth

Name of speaker: 
Zilpa Gorani
Participants in the conversation: 
Tikva Meyuḥas
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho, Mosul
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Polygamy

Name of speaker: 
Zilpa Gorani
Participants in the conversation: 
Tikva Meyuḥas
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho, Mosul
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Passover

Name of speaker: 
Zilpa Gorani
Participants in the conversation: 
Tikva Meyuḥas
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho, Mosul
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Passover
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Rituals, the synagogue and the community

Name of speaker: 
Yona Shmuʾel
Participants in the conversation: 
Neḥama Shmuʾel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture, infrastructure and winemaking
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Community, Customs and traditions, Synagogues
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Life in Israel

In memory of my parents, Baruch and Riḥana Yona Z"L

 
Name of speaker: 
Mordechai Yona
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Former HR manager, lexicographer, manages the preservation of Kurdish-Jews legacy and language, board member of the Organisation of Kurdish-Jews
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Work and education

Name of speaker: 
Sara Tsezana
Participants in the conversation: 
Pnina ʾAlfia and Shulamit Ḥayuka (Talima)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Laundry worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Liat Selʿee and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Aliya and absorption

Name of speaker: 
Pnina ʾAlfia
Participants in the conversation: 
Sara Tsezana
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
77
Year of immigration: 
1944
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Liat Selʿee and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Passover and motherhood

Name of speaker: 
Pnina ʾAlfia
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
77
Year of immigration: 
1944
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Family, Passover
Documentation: 
Liat Selʿee and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Harun al-Rashid asks a riddle

In memory of my father, ʾEliyahu Bechavod Z"L

 
Name of speaker: 
Naʿim Bechavod
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Floor Layer, construction manager and maintenance manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales, Sermons and moral tales
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

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