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Rabbi Yedidya HaCohen and his daughters

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Persons
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Children's song

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Children's songs, Nursery rhymes
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Birth and its ceremonies

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Folk beliefs, Women
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Relationship with the Christian neighbours and one of her teachers

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Education, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

The synagogue and war time

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Synagogues, World War II
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Christian female friends

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Childhood, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

History of the family in Greece and in Israel

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
Judeo-Greek
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

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