Judeo-Aramaic

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cycle of the year, Sukkot

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Violence against Jews

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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Challa

Language:

Conversation topics:

Pogroms

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

The Shabbat

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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Cycle of the year

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2018

Haftara of Tishʿa BeʾAv – Aramaic translation

To my parents Lea and Jacob Z"L

Name of speaker:

Naʿim Shalom

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Taxi driver, ḥazzan

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cycle of the year, Fasting, Translated biblical texts

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Passover preparations

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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Customs and traditions, Cycle of the year, Passover

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2018

The history of Jews in Challa

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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Challa

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community

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

The anti-Semitism of the King of Prague

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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Sulaymaniya

Language:

Conversation topics:

Sermons and moral tales

Year of recording:

2018

The Agha takes what he wants

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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Challa

Language:

Conversation topics:

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

David and Goliath – Aramaic translation

To my brothers Meʾir and Tsvi Mizraḥi Z"L

Name of speaker:

Naftali Mizraḥi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Carpenter

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Translated biblical texts

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Brit mila

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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: