Judeo-Arabic

Sukkot

To my children Hezi, Asi, Vera and Aviva

Name of speaker:

Daisy Elias

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Iraq

Speaker's community of origin:

Baqubah

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Cycle of the year, Sukkot

Documentation:

Lilach Rocker

Year of recording:

2019

Yom Kippur

To my children Ḥezi, Vera, Aviva and Asi

Name of speaker:

Daisy Elias

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Iraq

Speaker's community of origin:

Baqubah

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Cycle of the year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

Documentation:

Lilach Rocker

Year of recording:

2019

Birth and midwife

To my children Ḥezi, Asi, Vera and Aviva

Name of speaker:

Daisy Elias

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Iraq

Speaker's community of origin:

Baqubah

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Circle of life

Documentation:

Lilach Rocker

Year of recording:

2018

The family

In memory of my parents, Damari Mamo and Biya Z"L

Name of speaker:

David Damri

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Tunisia

Speaker's community of origin:

Sulayman

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Family

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul and Madi Rozenblat

Year of recording:

2019

Life in Israel

In memory of my parents, Damari Mamo and Biya Z"L

Name of speaker:

David Damri

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Tunisia

Speaker's community of origin:

Sulayman

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Settlement and absorption

Documentation:

Madi Rozenblat

Year of recording:

2019

Life story

In memory of my parents, Damari Mamo and Biya Z"L

Name of speaker:

David Damri

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1950

Speaker's country of origin:

Tunisia

Speaker's community of origin:

Sulayman

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Life story

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2019

Bein Hametzarim (The Three Weeks)

Name of speaker:

Josef Laski (Lasry)

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Seaman and engraver

Age of speaker at time of recording:

83

Year of immigration:

1952

Speaker's country of origin:

Morocco

Speaker's community of origin:

Marrakesh

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Customs and traditions

Documentation:

Mor Rivka Lasry

Year of recording:

2018

Abraham's tale ('utqul lu ya ibni')

In memroy of my parents, Sara and Kamayes Bublil and my grandmother Chmisa of Bublil

Name of speaker:

Ḥaim Bublil

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Poet

Age of speaker at time of recording:

60

Speaker's country of origin:

Libya

Speaker's community of origin:

Tripoli

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Passover Haggada and the Seder, Translations

Documentation:

Tsila Cohen

Year of recording:

2018

More info:

Jews of Tunisia and Libya used to create gatherings of Haggada readings and share in Arabic the tale of Abraham’s journey to his faith in God. For further reading: Nahem Ilan, "A Midrash about the Patriarch Abraham in the Passover Haggadah of Djerba", Sefunot 6 (1992), 167-196.