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Video testimony by Zion Cohen

Location:

ג'ארדה

Keyword:

בית כנסת, עלייה, ציונות

Organization:

הקונגרס היהודי העולמי

Description

Cohen was born in Djerba, in the video he tells about his  parents. They were ten boys. His father was a watchmaker and sold wine. His mother spoke Hebrew and asked to immigrate to Israel, his uncle was Jewish Congress axis. They were Zionists much  before the war. They Kept Jewish customs,  when he was going to the synagogue he always set close to  his father. He describes the holidays and Saturdays  his Bar Mitzvah – No celebrations with candies or anything like that. In Israel he worked in agricolture and  grew peanuts, then moved to Netivot .
Yad Vashem – VT12866

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