Beni Mellal

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Life story

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

Pilgrimage to Rabbi Shlomo ʾAmar's tomb and a feast in his honor

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Sacred tombs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

Working as a singer and darbuka player in Morocco and later in Israel

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Leisure, Occupations and livelihoods

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye): cleansing with “bekhor,” the use of fish and hamsas, protection for a new home and for a mother and a baby

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Family, Folk beliefs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

The richness of the Moroccan cuisine

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community, Cuisine

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

Life story: childhood in Morocco, making aliya, military service and work

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Aliya, Life story

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

Acquaintance between the parents and the intervention of ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Family, Folk beliefs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

Professions of Jews and family members

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Occupations and livelihoods

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

The variety of dialects within Morocco and the preservation of the language in the country

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Language

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

The economy of Moroccan Jewry: helping boys to earn a living in Morocco and the rich of Morocco

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: