Baghdad

Speaker's community of origin:

Baqubah, Baghdad

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Documentation:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Year of recording:

1973

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the old man who bequeathed all his property in his life

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Yosef Rajuan

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Tailor and cloth merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

75

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ

Year of recording:

1975

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of Jewish merchant and Muslim buyer

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Yosef Rajuan

Participants in the conversation:

David Semaḥ

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Tailor and cloth merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

75

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ

Year of recording:

1975

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Comparing life in Baghdad to life in Israel

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Moshe Muʿalem

Participants in the conversation:

David Shemesh

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

69

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Life story

Documentation:

David Shemesh

Year of recording:

1974

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of guards caught stealing

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

ʾElisha Shina

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant, farmer and kosher food supplier

Age of speaker at time of recording:

72

Year of immigration:

1971

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Clarette ʿEinat-Shina

Year of recording:

1974

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of two men arriving at the synagogue

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

Moshe Muʿalem

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant

Age of speaker at time of recording:

69

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Sermons and moral tales

Documentation:

David Shemesh

Year of recording:

1974

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

World War II

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

ʾElisha Shina

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant, farmer and kosher food supplier

Age of speaker at time of recording:

72

Year of immigration:

1971

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conflict with non-Jews, World War II

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Clarette ʿEinat-Shina

Year of recording:

1974

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

Jewish brigade of the British army

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

ʾElisha Shina

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant, farmer and kosher food supplier

Age of speaker at time of recording:

72

Year of immigration:

1971

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

World War II

Documentation:

Clarette ʿEinat-Shina

Year of recording:

1974

Translator:

Prof. Jacob Mansour

The capture of 40 thieves

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker:

ʾElisha Shina

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Merchant, farmer and kosher food supplier

Age of speaker at time of recording:

72

Year of immigration:

1971

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: