Yosef and Julie Maimon were born in the city of Gabes in Tunisia
They immigrated to Israel in 1956 with their five children: Denis (Dalia), Colette (Tamar), Giselle (Orly), Felix (Moshe), and Mary (Miriam). After arriving in Israel, Yehudit and Eli were born.

The father worked in Tunisia as a tailor and shop owner, and continued to work in the profession on a smaller scale in Israel. The family arrived at a transit camp in Sderot and moved on their own to Musrara.