tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16713873984527261842024-02-08T12:41:14.894-08:00CYCO BooksCYCO_Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15933035548307441360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671387398452726184.post-66570691373263150952011-03-12T19:25:00.000-08:002011-03-12T19:25:28.113-08:00My First Blog (Ever), By: Hy Wolfe<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><u><br />
</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sholem Aleichem!</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I am thrilled to welcome you all to our new homepage.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">With the successful transition of the Yiddish community online over the past several years, and now, the grand unveiling of CYCO’s new homepage, I can declare that the future of Yiddish books is not in danger. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Through our site, a vast collection of Yiddish books is available to anyone with internet access. Books will always be with us, and Yiddish books are no exception. That is where we come in.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The CYCO – The Central Yiddish Culture Organization, is one of the oldest Yiddish book publishers in existence. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Although we strongly support efforts to make Yiddish texts available for download online, Yiddish books, like all books, have an aesthetic.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Physical texts will always appeal to the reader because their art, color, texture and more.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">These books capture a spirit not present in electronic texts.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Our job is to find these wonderful books a loving home, where they will be read and taken care of.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><u>Future</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><br />
These are exciting times for CYCO. As many of you may know, CYCO’s future was uncertain until recently.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Our long time home, on 21</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><sup>st</sup></span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> and Broadway, Manhattan, was sold and we are on the market for a new location.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">With our initial finances in a shaky position, we embarked on a fund raising effort that has been successful and allowed us to continue operating.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">We have found several potential new spaces that we are currently exploring and hope to have a beautiful new home with a reading room and a performance space. In our new space, we plan to have bi-annual book sales and a yearly party. We also plan to have public readings for new releases, as well as from older books. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">In addition to progress with our new physical home, we are also very pleased with our new virtual home. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I would like to thank members of CYCO who have taken an active role in expanding our web presence. They have given generously of their time, resources and ideas. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><u>Donate</u></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Our near-death experience has opened our eyes to the importance of being active in nurturing our role in promoting the Yiddish language.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">We now have the wherewithal to live happily in a new home.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">However, we have learned that we cannot stop with this goal in our sight.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">CYCO must encourage the spread of the Yiddish language.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Without engaging the new generation and facilitating the study of Yiddish, our books will not find welcoming homes in the years to come.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">We have a long road ahead of us, and there are many exciting projects we would like to embark on to promote the study of Yiddish.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">We are an organization of modest means – our operating budget is $3,000 a month! What a relatively small price to pay to maintain a thriving Yiddish literary culture and publishing house.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Please take a moment to visit our donation page, </span><a href="https://webmail.wharton.upenn.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=0b7eee90b4f24209b284217a7130f847&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cycobooks.org%2fdonate.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">http://www.cycobooks.org/donate.php</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> .</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Every dollar will be put towards promoting Yiddish language and culture.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">If you would like to adopt a special project, we have many exciting ideas that we would love to partner with you on.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><u>Adopt a title</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">One special project that is near and dear to us is our “Adopt a Title” initiative.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">We would love to reprint titles that are out of print and bring the wonderful writings of old masters to a new generation. In the case of Chaim Grade, our vision, which we need your help to make a reality, is to reissue all of his books in Yiddish. We would also like to explore the possibility of reissuing a number of texts by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Those who adopt a title have the option of including a dedication page in the front of the adopted book to dedicate the title to a parent, grandparent, Bat or Bar – Mitzvah, etc. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><u>Contribute</u></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">CYCO wants to attract members, contributors and new Yiddish readers.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To anyone who would like to read books in Yiddish: we want to hear from you!</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><u>Volunteer</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><br />
Volunteer today!</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">CYCO’s existence depends on the kindness of volunteers, and we have dozens of projects that can help promote the Yiddish language and extend its reaches to a new generation.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Play an important role in this mission and contact us today.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></div></span></span>CYCO_Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15933035548307441360noreply@blogger.com1