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Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
Naḥum Bosmi (Atʾar)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Former Head of Human Resources of the Israel Police
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
95
Year of immigration: 
1925
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Uri Giron
Year of recording: 
2016

Shiv‘a (week-long mourning)

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: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2018

Passover Seder plate

Name of speaker: 
Naḥum Bosmi (Atʾar)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Former Head of Human Resources of the Israel Police
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
95
Year of immigration: 
1925
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Uri Giron
Year of recording: 
2016

Proverbs and stories

In memory of Perla and Mordechai Nagad Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Sara Nagad
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Liran Osi and Dafna Mizraḥi
Year of recording: 
2018

Farhud in Baqubah: pogroms

To my children Hezi, Aviva, Vera 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: 
Pogroms
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2019

Passover customs

Name of speaker: 
Naḥum Bosmi (Atʾar)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Former Head of Human Resources of the Israel Police
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
95
Year of immigration: 
1925
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Uri Giron
Year of recording: 
2016

Fear in Iraq

In memory of Perla and Mordechai Nagad Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Sara Nagad
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Conflict with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Liran Osi and Dafna Mizraḥi
Year of recording: 
2018

Mutual help and assistance in the community

In memory of my parents, Victoria and Meʾir ʿAbeda

Recorded in collaboration with the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center

Name of speaker: 
Lydia Sasson (ʿAbeda)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Biology teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2017

Story of a cow from Basra

For fans of the spoken Iraqi Arabic, in hopes that this language will continue to live on 

Name of speaker: 
Oded Amit
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Cultural activist at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Jokes
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2017

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