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Relationship with the Christian neighbours and one of her teachers

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Education, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

The synagogue and war time

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Synagogues, World War II
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Christian female friends

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Childhood, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

History of the family in Greece and in Israel

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Description of Purim and Easter

Name of speaker: 
ʾArye Kabili
Participants in the conversation: 
Flora Kabili
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Industrialist and manufacturer of children's clothing
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1944
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ioannina
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Purim
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

The Jewish language spoken by the Jews of Ioannina

Name of speaker: 
ʾArye Kabili
Participants in the conversation: 
Flora Kabili
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Industrialist and manufacturer of children's clothing
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1944
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ioannina
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Stories and proverbs

Name of speaker: 
ʾArye Kabili
Participants in the conversation: 
Flora Kabili
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Industrialist and manufacturer of children's clothing
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1944
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ioannina
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

ʾArye Kabili - life strory

Name of speaker: 
ʾArye Kabili
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Industrialist and manufacturer of children's clothing
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1944
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ioannina
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Description of the community of Ioannina and its current cultural preservation

Name of speaker: 
ʾArye Kabili
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Industrialist and manufacturer of children's clothing
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1944
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ioannina
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Community
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

The danger in speaking Ladino during World War II

In memory of Vida Peraḥya Yitzḥak and Donna Kapon

Name of speaker: 
Dolly Asher (Peraḥya)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Tour guide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
2003
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Thessaloniki
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Community, Life story
Documentation: 
Tsila Cohen
Year of recording: 
2017
Translation: 

General translation: Dolly tells that in June 1940, her brother, Ḥaimko Peraḥya (Ḥaim) was born. In October 1940, the Italians attacked Greece and from then on, for them, started World War II. Her father, that realised the danger, asked the family not to speak Ladino near the baby so that they would not find out they are Jewish. The situation became dangerous in Greece. Dolly, her sister and her brother ran and hid at a Greek family. Their parents ordered them not speak Ladino among them but only Greek. That was the reason why their brother, little Ḥaimko, did not know how to speak Ladino.

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