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Difficulties in livelihood

                                                                                                             

Name of speaker: 
ʿAziz Shemo-Cohen
Participants in the conversation: 
Shlomo Shemo-Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Carpenter, shoemaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
91
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: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Zionism

In memory of my wife Rivka daughter of Yeḥezkel Beloulou

Name of speaker: 
Ḥacham Meʾir David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, factory worker, housefather, anchor of the weekly Tora portion (Parashat Hashavua) in Kol Israel
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sulaymaniya
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Zionism
Year of recording: 
2018

Pidyon haben (redemption of the first-born son)

                                                                              

Name of speaker: 
ʿAziz Shemo-Cohen
Participants in the conversation: 
Shlomo Shemo-Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Shoemaker, carpenter
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
91
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Hebrew (Zakho tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
, Priestly blessing
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Aliya and work in Israel

In memory of my wife Rivka daughter of Yeḥezkel Beloulou

Name of speaker: 
Ḥacham Meʾir David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, factory worker, housefather, anchor of the weekly Tora portion (Parashat Hashavua) in Kol Israel
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sulaymaniya
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Occupations and livelihoods, Settlement and absorption
Year of recording: 
2018

The death threats over leaving for Israel

Name of speaker: 
Shabtai (Shabo) Amrani
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, security guard
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Challa
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Zionism
Documentation: 
Prof. Steve Fassberg
Translation: 

For translation and transcription see: Steven E. Fassberg, The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa, Leiden 2010, pp. 240

Life story

To my sister Zerifa (Zaqen) ʿAdika and to the Zaqen family

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Zaqen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction worker, driver, electrician, dancer and Kurdish dance instructor
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Sufi Abraham, the prayer rug, and the Hajj

Name of speaker: 
Shabtai (Shabo) Amrani
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, security guard
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Challa
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Folk tales
Documentation: 
Prof. Steve Fassberg
Year of recording: 
2001
Translation: 

For translation and transcription see: Steven E. Fassberg, The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa, Leiden 2010, pp. 234-239

 

Saharana

                                                                                                                   

Name of speaker: 
ʿAziz Shemo-Cohen
Participants in the conversation: 
Shlomo Shemo-Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Carpenter, shoemaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
91
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Ants in the supply room

In memory of my wife Rivka daughter of Yeḥezkel Beloulou

Name of speaker: 
Ḥacham Meʾir David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, factory worker, housefather, anchor of the weekly Tora portion (Parashat Hashavua) in Kol Israel
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sulaymaniya
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Community
Year of recording: 
2018

The attempted seduction

Name of speaker: 
Shabtai (Shabo) Amrani
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer, security guard
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Challa
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Prof. Steve Fassberg
Year of recording: 
2001
Translation: 

For translation and transcription see: Steven E. Fassberg, The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa, Leiden 2010, pp. 234-239

 

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