English

Holidays

Name of speaker: 
Frida Ḥaswa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Family business partner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1994
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Bar mitzva

Name of speaker: 
Frida Ḥaswa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Family business partner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1994
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Synagogue

Name of speaker: 
Frida Ḥaswa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Family business partner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1994
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Tale of the old mother who was asked for her hand

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

A mother's fable

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Ezra Mashiaḥ‘
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour
Year of recording: 
1973
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the rich man who used to exaggerate

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of a neighborhood thug

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the son who hit his mother

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Participants in the conversation: 
David Semah
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the Jew who whispered to a donkey

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the sheikh and the king's son

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour