Aaron Rabushka wrote: >She (Davrath) did some dynamite recordings of Yiddish songs to boot! >I'm not sure what Vanguard has put out on CD. Yes - it's on a Vanguard 2-CD set)VC 8058/9, with Russian, Israeli and Yiddish folk songs. Uniformly superb, it avoids the kind of cloying sentimentality that this repertoire often receives from well-meaning singers. Is anyone familiar with Mandy Patinkin's "Mameloschen" (Mother tongue, i.e., colloquial term for Yiddish), which I find unbearable to listen to because of the sentimental goo. Any other opinions? Eric Kisch