RE: Pakn Trager

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Ignorant question:  Is this magazine in Yiddish (only)?--i.e., no English 
translations of articles?


>From: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl (at) flash(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: What is the market for Jewish music Mag?
>Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:59:06 -0400
>
>The plan has long been to make this a national magazine.  The editor quit
>and that has caused one big problem.  The hope to make it national is still
>there, but there are all kinds of delays.
>
>It is wonderful a wonderful magazine.
>
>
>Reyzl
>
>
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>From:  Penny Chase[SMTP:pc (at) mitre(dot)org]
>Sent:  Thursday, July 15, 1999 1:00 PM
>To:  World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject:  Re: What is the market for Jewish music Mag?
>
>--On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 4:00 PM -0400 Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com> 
>wrote:
>
> > The niche may be much larger than we think. I have no idea why Pakn
> > Trager didn't/doesn't reach a wider audience, unless it just takes time
> > to get people to realize how broad the range that it covers is. I do
> > know that the NYBC has cut back on the publication schedule, which is
> > most unfortunate.
>
>It's not clear to me that NYBC has tried to distribute it other than as
>part of membership or at their gift shop, which is a shame because is is a
>wonderful magazine (and the past two issues have touched upon the Klezmer
>Revival and John Zorn). As for the reduction, I guess that NYBC felt that
>they had to devote their resources to their main mission - saving and
>distributing Yiddish books - rather than Pakn Trager.
>
>Penny
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