Grandma Kadem was born in 1896 in Bursa, Turkey, to Victoria and Nisim Saban. She had three brothers (Avraham, Yaakov and Itzhak) and sister (Perla).

In 1915, she married Grandpa Salamon Benardete in Bursa. They had eight children: Roza, Sara (my mother), Mair, Vito (Victoria), Korin, Nisim, Inez and Yosef.

Grandma and Grandpa lived in a large house in Altıparmak Street, Bursa.

Grandma widowed in 1951.

Year: 1964, Bursa, Turkey

From left: Yosef, Kadem, Nisim, Mair, Sara, Roza

In 1968 (or 1969) she came to Israel and settled at Yosef and Vito Shimoni's apartment in Ramat Gan.

Grandma Kadem Benardete passed away on January 6, 1970, after complications of flu. Her grave is in Holon cemetery.

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