Modern Yiddish classic - Yankev Glatshteyn
to Help a space for Yiddish culture bloom again! !זאָל לעבן ציקאָ
by Rosza Daniel Lang/Levitsky
A brand-new hardbound copy of modernist poet Yankev Glatshteyn / Jacob Glatstein's "Gezangen fun Rekhts tsu Links" (Songs from RIght to Left), published by CYCO in 1971.
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Your name or dedication on the Friends of CYCO website, to honor your contribution to CYCO's flourishing survival.
A pair of stickers with CYCO emblems, designed specially for this campaign! Pick two: - 3" circular CYCO monogram: black on holo - 3" circular CYCO monogram: maroon on white - 4x1.5" diecut CYCO Bikher - Farlag [Books - Publishing] emblem: plum on white - 3x5" CYCO calling card: green on lavender
A pair of Yiddish futurist stickers, designed specially for this campaign! Pick two: - 3" circular pomegranate/alef Jewish antifascist emblem: red & black - 3x9" Tsukunft / The Future bumper sticker: black on hot pink - 3x6" Levyosn Veln Mir Esn [We will feast on Leviathan]: black on multicolored scales
One CYCO-emblem sticker and one Yiddish futurist sticker! Pick one from each set: - 3" circular CYCO monogram: black on holo /or/ maroon on white - 4x1.5" diecut CYCO Bikher - Farlag [Books - Publishing] emblem: plum on white - 3x5" CYCO calling card: green on lavender - 3" circular pomegranate/alef Jewish antifascist emblem: red & black - 3x9" Tsukunft / The Future bumper sticker: black on hot pink - 3x6" Levyosn Veln Mir Esn [We will feast on Leviathan]: black on multicolored scales
Keep track of your reading (in any language!) with a bookmark featuring original art created specially for Friends of CYCO.
Make your support visible with a pin: pick either CYCO’s publishing imprint or a pomegranate-and-alef Jewish antifascist emblem.
All seven stickers designed specially for this campaign! - 3" circular CYCO monogram (x2: maroon on white & black on holo) - 4x1.5" diecut "CYCO Bikher - Farlag" [Books - Publishing] tag (plum) - 3x5" CYCO calling card (green on lavender) - 3x9" Tsukunft / The Future (black on hot pink) - 3" circular pomegranate-alef (red & black) - 3x6" Levyosn Veln Mir Esn [We will feast on Leviathan] (black on multicolored scales)
Sing out! With a songbook of twenty-nine songs by beloved poet Avrom Reyzen/Abraham Reisen (many with music by Mikhl Gelbart), printed in 1947 as a gift for his friends to celebrate his 70th birthday. Or instead choose a complete set of all the bookmark designs made for this campaign.
A brand-new hardbound copy of Reyzl Zhikhlinski / Rajzel Żychlińsky's "Harbstike Skvern" (Autumn Squares), published by CYCO in 1969
A brand-new hardbound copy of Avrom Sutskever / Abraham Sutzkever's "Gaystike Erd" (Holy Ground), published in New York City in 1961.
A brand-new hardbound copy of modernist poet Yankev Glatshteyn / Jacob Glatstein's "Gezangen fun Rekhts tsu Links" (Songs from RIght to Left), published by CYCO in 1971.
A print of Molly Crabapple's drawing of a bookshelf at CYCO (featuring a bust of Y. L. Perets surrounded by Yiddish books), created for her New York Review of Books article about this fundraising effort.
A brand-new hardcover copy of "Lider" (Poems), by Esther Shumiatsher-Hirshbeyn / Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, published in Los Angeles in 1956. Her final collection, its poems attest to "the profound impact her marriage, sexuality, and subsequent widowhood had on her creative life." [Faith Jones]
A brand-new hardbound copy of Franz Kafka's "The Trial" in a 1966 Yiddish translation by acclaimed poet Melekh Ravitsh / Melech Ravitch, with illustrations by Ravitsh's son Yossel Bergner.
A print of "Itka the Bundist breaking windows", a watercolor by memory painter Samuel Rothbort. (11" x 8.5")
A brand-new paperbound copy of CYCO's two-volume collection of classic 20th-century Yiddish theater, published in 1977. Eight complete plays by acclaimed writers who shaped modern Yiddish literature, including An-ski, Leyvik, Gordin, Hirshbeyn, Perets, and Sholem-Aleykhem.
A print of a watercolor by memory painter Samuel Rothbort showing kids in kheyder (traditional religious primary school) drawing caricatures of their teacher. (11" x 8.5")
A brand-new hardbound copy of the two-volume collection "Lider un Baladn" (Lyrics and Ballads) by modernist poet Mani Leyb / Mani Leib, published by CYCO in 1955.
A print of "Passengers helping horse push wagon up the hill", a watercolor by memory painter Samuel Rothbort. (11"x 8.5")
A pair of founding fathers! One volume each from the collected works of two of the “clasikers”, Y. L. Perets and Sholem-Aleykhem. Or instead, a limited-edition artwork to be announced!
$500 Make a mark! Put your name (or dedication) on a shelf at CYCO. Plus a selection of gifts (a pin, the full set of bookmarks, the Avrom Reyzn songbook, and your choice of two other books or artworks).
We’ll host your simkhe, salon, cocktail party, or small performance in CYCO’s airy loft space! (Timing and capacity will depend on pandemic conditions, but don’t feel rushed - there’s no expiration date on this.) No two alike!
A book by one of the great modern Yiddish poets, in a beautiful hardbound edition! Choose from Yankev Glatshteyn/Jacob Glatstein, Reyzl Zhikhlinski/Rajzel Żychlińsky (both in CYCO editions), or Avrom Sutskever/Abraham Sutzkever. Or instead, a signed copy of Jeremiah Moss' Vanishing New York (only five copies available).
"Avram Sutzkever and His Angel" - a limited edition signed and numbered giclée print by award-winning artist & visual journalist Molly Crabapple. Only ten available! Or instead, choose a two-volume set of modern classics, in a CYCO edition! Choose either a collection of eight classics of the 20th-century Yiddish theater or the collected poems of acclaimed modernist Mani Leyb/Mani Leib.
