A green duck goes in search of noodles to chew on. A soldier leaving for the Russo-Japanese war bids a heartbreaking farewell to his mother, father, and sweetheart. A mysterious stranger enters the shtetl. These are just some of the unusual scenarios found in the antiquated but wonderfully alive Yiddish songs that Mikhl Yashinsky, Detroit-born Yiddish performer, has learned this past year as an apprentice to the veteran folk singer Ethel Raim. Video with English translations (58 minutes).
