Name:
Luski, Abraham (Abe)
Name (Yiddish):
לוסקי, אַבֿרהם
Born:
June 5, 1927 (Havana, Cuba)
Died:
November 20, 2016 (Charlotte, NC)
Related information in folder 1544:
Comments:
1. 7/23/2013 Article dated July 23, 2013 by Michael J. Solender titled "Modern Patron: Abrahma Luski Remembers Newtown posted on the internet.

2. 11/21/2016 Obituary published in the Charlotte Oserver of November 21, 2016.

3. 12/2/2016 Obituary published in the Jewish Press of Pinellas County of December 2, 2016

3.

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

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

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