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Bar mitzva, synagogue and immersion in the frozen river

Name of speaker:

Yaʾacov Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, merchant and baker

Age of speaker at time of recording:

86

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Circle of life, Synagogues, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Roles of rabbis and a Jew who converted to Islam

Name of speaker:

Yaʾacov Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, merchant and baker

Age of speaker at time of recording:

86

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Conversion, Persons, Relationships with non-Jews

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

My father and his business

Name of speaker:

Yaʾacov Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, merchant and baker

Age of speaker at time of recording:

86

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Family, Occupations and livelihoods

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

My mother and her acts of kindness toward the community

Name of speaker:

Yaʾacov Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, merchant and baker

Age of speaker at time of recording:

86

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community, Family, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Weaving and trade relations between Jews and Muslims

Name of speaker:

Yaʾacov Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, merchant and baker

Age of speaker at time of recording:

86

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Occupations and livelihoods, Relationships with non-Jews

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Maftir reading for Shavuot and for the Second Day of Passover

Name of speaker:

Yaʾacov Cohen

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, merchant and baker

Age of speaker at time of recording:

86

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

(community tradition) Hebrew

Conversation topics:

Bible, Passover, Prayer, Shavuot

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

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