Alexandria - Mother Tongue

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Folk song

Name of speaker:

Eko Victorin

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Kindergarten teacher for deaf children

Age of speaker at time of recording:

96

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler and Dr. Shifra Schnoll

Year of recording:

2020

Song about the maʿabara (absorption camp)

Name of speaker:

ʾAharon Ḥemi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

89

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Folk songs, Settlement and absorption, Zionism

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2018

Shabbat and holidays

Name of speaker:

ʾAharon Ḥemi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

89

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Cycle of the year, Shabbat

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2018

Family and colloquial language

Name of speaker:

ʾAharon Ḥemi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

89

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Family, Language

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2018

The Jewish community of Alexandria

Name of speaker:

ʾAharon Ḥemi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

89

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Community, Geographical space, Relationships with non-Jews

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2018

Aliya

Name of speaker:

ʾAharon Ḥemi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

89

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2018

Three songs

Name of speaker:

ʾAharon Ḥemi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

89

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2018

School and work

Name of speaker:

ʾAharon Ḥemi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

89

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Education, Occupations and livelihoods

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2018

Army stories

Name of speaker:

ʾAharon Ḥemi

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Worked at 'Solel Boneh'

Age of speaker at time of recording:

89

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Life story, Zionism

Documentation:

Ilana Chemoul

Year of recording:

2018

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