RE: Peretz: A Gilgul fun a Nigun

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

All Yiddish book lovers know the following:

The place to buy any Yiddish book is not from the League of Yiddish, although 
they annually have a book sale at the office.  When they do have a sale, the 
sale is fabulous.   One can always be put on the mailing list and ask to be 
notified when that is.

League for Yiddish, Inc., 200 West 72nd St., Suite 40, 
New York, NY 10023-2824.  (212) 787-6675.  YidLeague (at) aol(dot)com 

The Workmen's Circle has very, very few Yiddish language books for non-children 
and if one special orders from them, they basically call up the CYCO bookstore 
and forward you a copy from CYCO.   They also have, or used to anyway, special 
sales of used English and Yiddish books in the building about twice a year, and 
those sales are also fabulous.   Call or write them (WCFRIENDS (at) 
aol(dot)com) to be notified about those sales.

If you can find a title among the used books from the National Yiddish Book 
Center, then that's terrific.   The likelihood of finding any particular 
out-of-print title there, is very good.  You can e-mail them (nzagorin (at) 
bikher(dot)org) or call them (413-256-4900) or their 800 number.   

But if you have a specific title, new or out-of-print and you want it very soon 
or immediately, then all Yiddishists know that, unless it is a popular book, 
the sure source is none of the above.   The sure source of any Yiddish book in 
the world is the CYCO book store.   You can also write to a local publisher if 
you know the publisher of a particular book and you want to go there to buy it, 
e.g., the Zhitlowsky Foundation for Jewish Culture (212-243-1304).  
Nevertheless, CYCO would still have all Yiddish titles by all publishers.   
Here is the info.


          CENTRAL YIDDISH CULTURE ORGANIZATION (CYCO) INC.
        "CYCO" Publishing House and Book Distribution Center
                ATRAN  CENTER  FOR  JEWISH  CULTURE
           25 East 21st Street, New York, New York 10010
     Telephone:  (1-212) 505-8305    Telefax:  (1-212) 505-8044

The office is open Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-3, but you can call anytime and 
leave a message with your book request.   

Which source will get a consumer the cheapest price during a non-sale?   I 
don't know.
       

Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky
A Yiddish resource specialist
YiddishNet mailing list




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From:  Meydele (at) ix(dot)netcom(dot)com[SMTP:Meydele (at) 
ix(dot)netcom(dot)com]
Sent:  Monday, March 01, 1999 1:24 AM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant.
Subject:  Re: Peretz: A Gilgul fun a Nigun

Eli Katz' excellant bi-ligual edition of I.L.Peretz' Selected Stories contains 
a story entitled "A 
Nigun" in Yiddish and "The Metamorphoses of A Melody" which I think is the 
story you are looking 
for.  The volume was published by The Zhitlowsky Foundation for Jewish Culture 
in 1991.  Contact 
The League for Yiddish in NY to order it.  Sorry, I don't have their address or 
phone, but they 
are in information.  Perhaps Arbeter Ring has the volume.

Shira Lerner



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