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Ḥad Gadya

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Alsheikh
Participants in the conversation: 
Alsheikh family
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Founder of First International Bank of Israel, COO of El Al, economist, CEO's consultant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Thessaloniki, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Piyyutim, Translations
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

The holocaust

Name of speaker: 
Yehuda Saporta
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Civilian employee of the IDF in the military industry
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1944
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Thessaloniki
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Holocaust
Documentation: 
Dr. ʾIlʾil Baum
Year of recording: 
2020
More info: 

The documentation took place at a virtual gathering of Ladino speakers during Holocaust Memorial Day.

Family and education

Dedicted to our children, Eli, Tsaḥi and Tomer 

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Mechanic in the past
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Thessaloniki, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Education
Documentation: 
Alona Dashevsky Apkarian
Year of recording: 
2019

Songs in Ladino

Dedicted to our children, Eli, Tsaḥi and Tomer 

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Cohen
Participants in the conversation: 
Sol Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Mechanic in the past
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Thessaloniki, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Nursery rhymes
Documentation: 
Alona Dashevsky Apkarian
Year of recording: 
2019

End of the journey to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Tuli (Alberto) Ashkenazi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Thessaloniki
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Annie Perets and Albert Ḥakshur
Year of recording: 
2018

Two families in one apartment

Name of speaker: 
Tuli (Alberto) Ashkenazi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Thessaloniki
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)
Conversation topics: 
Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Annie Perets and Albert Ḥakshur
Year of recording: 
2018

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