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When the gates of compassion open (ʿet shaʿarei ratzon) - 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: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Sacred songs, Translated biblical texts
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

The big sister's wedding

To my parents, Shlomo Ben Shmuel, Gabbai at the the synagogue of the Aramaic speakers' community, and Michal Ben Shmuel, housemother at Remez school in Jerusalem

Name of speaker: 
Ester Shmueli
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Persian Azerbaijan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Eliran Levi
Year of recording: 
2017

The 1948 liberation war in Jerusalem in the Bukharian quarter

To my parents, Shlomo Ben Shmuel, Gabbai at the the synagogue of the Aramaic speakers' community, and Michal Ben Shmuel, housemother at Remez school in Jerusalem

Name of speaker: 
Ester Shmueli
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Persian Azerbaijan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Eliran Levi
Year of recording: 
2017

Jewish holidays

To my family and children                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

Name of speaker: 
Lea Etashga
Participants in the conversation: 
Marcel Sevgan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Community worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bijar
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Cycle of the year, Proverbs
Documentation: 
Dr. Ohad Abudraham and Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2017

The language in which the couple spoke between themselves

Second speaker: Shlomo Shemo-Cohen

Name of speaker: 
ʿAziz 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: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Life story
, Secret language
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Matchmaking and Marriage

To my family and children, with love

                                                                                                               Second speaker: Mrs. Rivka Golan

 

Name of speaker: 
Shifra Martziano
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
77
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanandaj
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Dr. Ohad Abudraham
Year of recording: 
2017

Folk stories

To my family and children

 

Name of speaker: 
Marcel Sevgan
Participants in the conversation: 
Lea Etashga
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanandaj
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Dr. Ohad Abudraham and Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2017

The transition from experiencing pogroms to settling down in Israel

To my children and my beloved family

Name of speaker: 
Moshe Eshtegha
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanandaj
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2017

Shabbat customs

To my family and children

 

Name of speaker: 
Lea Etashga
Participants in the conversation: 
Marcel Sevgan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Community worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bijar
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Cycle of the year, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Dr. Ohad Abudraham and Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2017

Family customs

To my family and children

 

Name of speaker: 
Marcel Sevgan
Participants in the conversation: 
Lea Etashga
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanandaj
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2017

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