Songs written or composed
A Bris — אַ ברית
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word
- Subject:
- Ritual/Circumcision/Family/Yiddish/Joy/Covenant/Emotion
- Origin:
- Ephemra 1329 (text titled "Yiddish")
- Additional song notes:
- A Circumcision
Recordings
- On album:
- V0296 (On The Mountaintop With Yiddish (Video) — אויפֿן שפּיץ באַרג מיט ייִדיש (ווידיאָ))
- Track ID:
- 37126
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Yidish iz toyre, yidish iz sheyn, yidish iz likht, freyd, simkhe, yidish iz chay
- First line (Yiddish):
- ייִדיש איז תּורה, ייִדיש איז שיין, ייִדיש איז ליכט, פֿרייד, שׂמחה,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 3:37
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 38064
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Yidish iz toyre, Yidish is sheyn, likht, freyd, simkhe, Yidish iz chay
- First line (Yiddish):
- ייִדיש איז תּורה, ייִדיש איז שיין, ליכט, פֿרייד, שׂמחה, ייִדיש איז חי...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 3:37
A Kadishl A Kleynem — אַ קדשל
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Condemnation/Silence/Names/Children/Murderers
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1329
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1329
- Additional song notes:
- A Little Kaddish
Recordings
- On album:
- V0296 (On The Mountaintop With Yiddish (Video) — אויפֿן שפּיץ באַרג מיט ייִדיש (ווידיאָ))
- Track ID:
- 37129
- First line:
- Yiskadal far goldishe, yiskadash far khatskele, shema far sholymishe,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- יתגדל פֿאַר גאָלדישע, יתקדש פֿאַר חצקעלע, שמה פֿאַר שלמהלע,…
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 5:19
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 38066
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Yiskadal far Goldishe, Vyiskadash far Khatskele, Shema far Shloymele,...
- First line (Yiddish):
- יתגדל פֿאַר גאָלדישע, ותקדש פֿאַר כאַצקעלע, שמה פֿאַר שלמהלע, רבּא פֿאַר...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 4:56
Other tracks with this artist
Shabos (Eng, Yid) — שבּת (ענגליש, ייִדיש)
- On album:
- L-029(a) (Abe Luski Evening Charlotte, North Carolina (1968))
- Track ID:
- 13416
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Kosakoff, Reuben — קאָסאַקאָף, רואבֿן
- Vocal:
- Pransky, Baila — פּרײנסקי, בײלאַ
- Artist:
- Levitan, Gladys, recite in Eng
- First line:
- S'iz freytik, nokh mitog, es filt zikh shoyn yon tov,
- First line:
- ס'איז פֿרײטיק, נאָך מיטאָג, עס פֿילט זיך שױן יום טובֿ,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- It's Friday afternoon, and I feel a holiday mood,
A Tfile Fun Beymer — אַ תּפֿילה פֿון בײמער
- On album:
- L-029(a) (Abe Luski Evening Charlotte, North Carolina (1968))
- Track ID:
- 637
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Artist:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- English Adaption:
- Levitan, Gladys, English
- First line:
- Ikh ze dokh di boym, vos vakst yetst nor vos, un dine...
- First line:
- איך זע דאָך די בױם, װאָס װאַקסט יעצט נאָר װאָס, און דינע צװײ...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- English comments by Mark Ben Joseph.
Shikhelekh (Lee) — שיכעלעך (לי)
- Author:
- Lee, Malke — לי, מלכּה
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Shoes/Sorted/Cut/Dried/Rags/Patches/Bloody/Children
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1329
- Additional song notes:
- Little Shoes
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 37128
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Shikhelekh sortirte, shikhelekh farshnitinete, shikhelekh mit tsingen farshniten
- First line (Yiddish):
- שיכעלעך סאָרטירטע, שיכעלעך פֿאַשניטענע, שיכעלעך מיט צינגען פֿאַשניטענע,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 3:56
Shabos Yom Kipur — שבת יום כּפּוּר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Protest/Humor/Irony
- Subject:
- God/Faith/Complaint/Problems/Neighbors/Irony/MemoryNeglect
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1340
- Additional song notes:
- Written for Shmuel Dzigan
- Related information in folder 1340:
- Comments:
- 1. 6/27/2014 handwritten text of poem entered in ephemera on June 27, 2014. Written for Shiman Dzigan
- On album:
- V0296 (On The Mountaintop With Yiddish (Video) — אויפֿן שפּיץ באַרג מיט ייִדיש (ווידיאָ))
- Track ID:
- 37130
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Ir darft mikh, ir vet mir moykhl zayn, ikh darf mit eymitser redn,...l
- First line (Yiddish):
- איר דאַרפֿט מיך, איר וועט מיר מוחל זײַן, איך דאַרף מיט איימיטצער רעדן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 6:04
A Griner Politsant — אַ גרינער פּאָליטסאַנט
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Humorous
- Subject:
- Policeman/Inexperienced/Immigrant/Israel/Soft Hearted
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1229
- Additional song notes:
- An Immigrant Policeman
- On album:
- V0296 (On The Mountaintop With Yiddish (Video) — אויפֿן שפּיץ באַרג מיט ייִדיש (ווידיאָ))
- Track ID:
- 37133
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Shrekt aykh nisht, Ikh gey aykh nisht arestern, ikh bin nisht kayn gazln,
- First line (Yiddish):
- שרעקט אײַך נישט, איך גיי אײַך נישט אַרעסטירן, איך נין נישט קײַן גזלן,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin/Humorous
- Length:
- 19:48
Mayn Gezang Tsu Amerike — אָ געזאַנג צו אַמעריקע
- Author:
- Lutski, Avrom — לוצקי, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word
- Subject:
- Praise/America/Example/World/Sustenance/Example
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1339
- Additional song notes:
- My Song To America
- On album:
- V0296 (On The Mountaintop With Yiddish (Video) — אויפֿן שפּיץ באַרג מיט ייִדיש (ווידיאָ))
- Track ID:
- 37134
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Mayn lid un mayn loyb tsu undzer Amerike, tsu undzer president, undzer congress
- First line (Yiddish):
- מײַן ליד און מײַן לויב צו אונדזער אַמעריקע, צו אונדזער פּרעסידענט,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 3:16
Yerusholaim (Yid, Molodovsky) — ירושלים (ייִדיש, מאָלאָדאָװסקי)
- Author:
- Molodovsky, Kadya — מאָלאָדאָװסקי, קאַדיע
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Place
- Subject:
- Jerusalem/Old/Young/EternalWisdom/Blessing
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1329
- Additional song notes:
- Jerusalem
- On album:
- V0296 (On The Mountaintop With Yiddish (Video) — אויפֿן שפּיץ באַרג מיט ייִדיש (ווידיאָ))
- Track ID:
- 37135
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Oyf di berg fun yehuda dehoybn iz Yerusholaim, alt iz Yerusholaim,...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױף די בערג פֿון יהוּדה דערהױבן איז ירושלים, אַלט איז ירושלים,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 6:17
Groyse Oygn Sheyn (Yiddish) — גרױסע אױגן שײן (עמגליש, ייִדיש)
- On album:
- L-029(a) (Abe Luski Evening Charlotte, North Carolina (1968))
- Track ID:
- 5808
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Artist:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Groyse oygn sheyn, groyse vi der teyfer yam,
- First line (Yiddish):
- גרױסי אױגן שײן, גרױסע װי דער טיפֿער ים,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
Luski, Avrom (Eng) — לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- On album:
- L-029(a) (Abe Luski Evening Charlotte, North Carolina (1968))
- Track ID:
- 9489
- Artist:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Tenor Fun Shoyfres (Eng, Yid) — טענאָר פֿון שופֿרות (ענגליש, ייִדיש)
- On album:
- L-029(a) (Abe Luski Evening Charlotte, North Carolina (1968))
- Track ID:
- 14911
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Kosakoff, Reuben — קאָסאַקאָף, רואבֿן
- Artist:
- Temple Israel Choir, Charl., NC
- Artist:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Artist:
- Levitan, Gladys, English
- First line:
- Tenor fun shoyfres, gehert hot men klor, s'iz tsitern...
- First line:
- טענאָר פֿון שופֿרות, געהערט האָט מען קלאָר, ס'אז ציטערן אין...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- The cry of the shofar slashed through the air...
Yiddish (Luski, Eng, Yid) — ייִדיש (לוסקי, ענגליש, ייִדיש)
- On album:
- L-029(a) (Abe Luski Evening Charlotte, North Carolina (1968))
- Track ID:
- 17451
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Artist:
- Levitan, Gladys, English
- First line:
- Yidish iz toyre, yidish is shayn, s'iz freyd, simkhe,
- First line:
- ייִדיש איז תּורה, ייִדיש איז שײַן, ס'איז פֿרײד, סמחה,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Yiddish is light, joy, Torah, the tree of light...
A Football Game — אַ פֿוט באָל געים
- Also known as:
- Getsl At A Football Game
- Also known as:
- Pilke Fus
- Author:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Humor
- Subject:
- Football/Immigrant/Culture Clash/Syracuse/Colgate/Cheers
- Song comment:
- Sketch/Monologue
- Origin:
- CD L-029(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Getsl At A Football Game adapted from this monologue
- On album:
- V0063 (Abraham Luski / Pilke Fus (Video) — פּילקע פֿוס)
- Track ID:
- 30929
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Ikh bin, vi ir zet mikh, a litvak fun minsker gubernie. Shabos nokh shvues ver..
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין, ווי איר זעט מיך, אַ ליטוואַק פֿון מינסקער גובערניע. שבּת נאָך שבֿועת ווער..
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Pilke Fus"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Monologue/Sketch
Uri Tsvi Grinberg Read by Abe Luski
- Genre:
- Video/Literary Origin/Documentary/Spoken Word
- Subject:
- Uri Tsvi Grinberg/Poetry/Literature/Yiddish/Hebrew
- On album:
- V0025
- Track ID:
- 33918
- Producer:
- Eneman, Sam
- Reader:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Language:
- Yiddish/Hebrew
- Style:
- Spoken Word/
- Length:
- 47:00
Joseph Papernikov read by Abe Luski
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Documentary/Spoken Word
- Subject:
- Yosef Papernikov/Poetry/Literature/Yiddish
- On album:
- V0023
- Track ID:
- 33856
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Producer:
- Eneman, Sam
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 60:00
Charlotte Yiddish Institute/Bar Mitzvah
- Genre:
- Video/Documentary
- Subject:
- Activities/Classes/Workshops/Interviews
- On album:
- V0021 (Charlotte Yiddish Institute 1991; Bar Mitzvah Year Celebration (Video))
- Track ID:
- 33946
- Producer/Director/Speaker:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Music:
- VIVA KLEZMER
- Speaker:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- Speaker:
- Norich, Anita
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 87:00
Groyse Oygn Sheyn (English)
- On album:
- L-029(a) (Abe Luski Evening Charlotte, North Carolina (1968))
- Track ID:
- 37935
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Artist:
- Levitan, Gladys, English
- First line:
- Deep, shining eyes, deep as the depths of the sea,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
Groyse Oygn Sheyn (Yiddish) — גרױסע אױגן שײן (עמגליש, ייִדיש)
- On album:
- L-029(a) (Abe Luski Evening Charlotte, North Carolina (1968))
- Track ID:
- 37936
- Author:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- Vocal:
- Pransky, Baila — פּרײנסקי, בײלאַ
- Composer:
- Kosakoff, Reuben — קאָסאַקאָף, רואבֿן
- First line:
- Groyse oygn sheyn, groyse vi der teyfer yam,
- First line (Yiddish):
- גרױסי אױגן שײן, גרױסע װי דער טיפֿער ים,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Artsong
Yerusholaim (Yid, Molodovsky) — ירושלים (ייִדיש, מאָלאָדאָװסקי)
- Author:
- Molodovsky, Kadya — מאָלאָדאָװסקי, קאַדיע
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Place
- Subject:
- Jerusalem/Old/Young/EternalWisdom/Blessing
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1329
- Additional song notes:
- Jerusalem
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 38072
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Oyf di berg fun yehuda, derhoybn iz Yerusholaim. Alt iz Yerushoaim, yung iz…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אויף די בערג פֿון יהודה, דערהויבן איז ירשלים. אַלט איז ירושלים, יונג איז…
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 6:18
A Lid Vegn Khelmer Melamed — אַ ליד וועגן כעלמער מלמד
- Author:
- Friedman, Yankev — פֿרידמאַן, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word
- Subject:
- Birds/Children/Khelm/Israel/Fool/
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1329 (cursive, difficult to read)
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1329
- Additional song notes:
- A Poem About The Melamed From Khelm
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 38065
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Tsivikelet der chelmer melamud mit zayn fatshele mit a tsiterdike hant,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- צעוויקלט דער כעלעמער מלמד זײַן פֿאַטשיילע מיט אַ ציטערדיקע האַנט, נעמט ארויס..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 7:24
Shabos Yom Kipur — שבת יום כּפּוּר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Protest/Humor/Irony
- Subject:
- God/Faith/Complaint/Problems/Neighbors/Irony/MemoryNeglect
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1340
- Additional song notes:
- Written for Shmuel Dzigan
- Related information in folder 1340:
- Comments:
- 1. 6/27/2014 handwritten text of poem entered in ephemera on June 27, 2014. Written for Shiman Dzigan
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 38067
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Ir darf mikh, ir vet mikh moykhl zayn, ikh darf mit emetser redn,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך דאַרף מיך, איר וועט מיך מוחל זײַן, איך דאַרף מיט איימעטצן רעדן,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 6:05
Robert Weinberg/Monologue
- Genre:
- Spoken Word
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 38068
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- S'iz a groyser koved far mir shteyn in ayer gegenvarg un hobn a gelegenheyt...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ס'איז אַ גרויסער כּבֿוד פֿאַר מיר שטיין אין אייער געגענוואַרג און האָבן דער..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 10:50
A Griner Politsant — אַ גרינער פּאָליטסאַנט
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Humorous
- Subject:
- Policeman/Inexperienced/Immigrant/Israel/Soft Hearted
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1229
- Additional song notes:
- An Immigrant Policeman
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 38070
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Shrekt aykh nisht, ikh gey aykh nisht arestirn, ikh bin nisht keyn gazln,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- שרעקט אײַך נישט, איך גיי אײַך נישט אַרעסטירן, איך בין נישט קיין גזלן,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 19:48
Mayn Gezang Tsu Amerike — אָ געזאַנג צו אַמעריקע
- Author:
- Lutski, Avrom — לוצקי, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word
- Subject:
- Praise/America/Example/World/Sustenance/Example
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1339
- Additional song notes:
- My Song To America
- On album:
- L-029(b)2
- Track ID:
- 38071
- Vocal:
- Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
- First line:
- Mayn lid un mayn loyb tsu undzer Amerike, tsu undzer president, undzer congres..
- First line (Yiddish):
- מײַן ליד און מײַן לויב צו אונדזער אַמעריקע, צו אונדזער פּרעזידענט, צו אונזער..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word/Literary Origin
- Length:
- 3:17