Greece - Mother Tongue

Aigio

ʾEster Matsa

Aliya to Israel

Birth and its ceremonies

Children's song

Christian female friends

Confection

Curses

Eḥad Mi Yodeaʿ

Escaping the Nazis to Granada and Klapatsouna

Ha Laḥma ʿAnya

Haggada portion that her father liked to read

Her uncle's attempt to rescue Jews

Hiding in mountains with villagers' assistance

History of the family in Greece and in Israel

Passover

Purim

Rabbi Yedidya HaCohen and his daughters

Relationship with the Christian neighbours and one of her teachers

Returning to the city after World War II

Secret language and the synagogue

Shabbat and Kiddush

Song about Mussolini

Song for Rosh Ḥodesh Adar

Sukkot and Shavuot

The synagogue and war time

Yom Kippur, fasting and Hanukka

Zionist song about Palestina

Athens

Dolly Asher (Peraḥya)

Israel's national anthem "Hatikva" in Judeo-Spanish

Shabbat and family in the Thessaloniki community

Ioannina

Allegra Matsa

Blessings and amulets

Brit mila

Foods, customs and holidays

History and characteristics of the community

History and personal memories from family and community

Linguistic uniqueness of the community

The community's customs and way of life: clothing, food, drink, mikve and natural remedies

The Greek language by the Jews of Ioannina

ʾArye Kabili

Description of Purim and Easter

Description of the community of Ioannina and its current cultural preservation

Stories and proverbs

The Jewish language spoken by the Jews of Ioannina

ʾArye Kabili - life strory

Israel

Shlomo Cohen

Family and education

Family story and the Holocaust

Songs in Ladino

Yosef Alsheikh

Thessaloniki

Dolly Asher (Peraḥya)

Israel's national anthem "Hatikva" in Judeo-Spanish

Shabbat and family in the Thessaloniki community

The danger in speaking Ladino during World War II

Shlomo Cohen

Family and education

Family story and the Holocaust

Songs in Ladino

Tuli (Alberto) Ashkenazi

Community structures that were destroyed during World War II

End of the journey to Israel

Family background

Life in Thessaloniki during World War II

The journey to Israel through Turkey

The Judeo-Spanish

Two families in one apartment

Wedding and the beginning of the journey to Israel

Yehuda Saporta

Yosef Alsheikh

Trikala

ʾEsther Nizri

Bereavement customs and death of her brother

Blessings and reciting Shema Yisrael

Family and language

Language and school

Passover

Relationship with the Christians

Relationship with the neighbouring Jewish communities and Ladino speakers

The Holocaust: the Italian occupation and escape to the mountains

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