Judeo-Arabic

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community, Language

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Clothing and jewellery

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition

Name of speaker:

Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housemother

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1948

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Clothing, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Foods

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition

Name of speaker:

Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housemother

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1948

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Cuisine

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Folk medicine and cosmetics

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition

Name of speaker:

Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housemother

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1948

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Health, Leisure, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

The Nazi invasion, hiding in a train station and returning to destroyed Gabes on Passover Eve

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition

Name of speaker:

Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housemother

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1948

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

World War II

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) and folk beliefs

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition

Name of speaker:

Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housemother

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1948

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Folk beliefs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Celebration at the sacred tombs of Rabbi Meʾir and Rabbi Shimʿon

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition

Name of speaker:

Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housemother

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1948

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Persons, Sacred tombs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Aliya and absorption into Israel

Dedicated to the Bitan and Bokobza families with love to preserving our tradition

Name of speaker:

Madeleine (Bokobza) Bitan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housemother

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1948

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Aliya, Settlement and absorption

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Song: Nari ʿAla Zarzish

In memory of my mother, Diamanta Shelley, my father, Nissim Mesika and my brother Meʾir Mesika – may they rest in peace

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Mesika

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Florist

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1956

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Djerba

Language:

Conversation topics:

Women's songs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Life story

In memory of my mother, Diamanta Shelley, my father, Nissim Mesika and my brother Meʾir Mesika – may they rest in peace

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Mesika

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Florist

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1956

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Djerba

Language: