There Was a Fire: Jews, Music and the American Dream by Ben Sidran Yiddish Learning The collection also includes two

The collection also includes two travelogues

A guide to the major Jewish festivals

infused with lyricism and mysticism

Long after the culture that produced them tragically disappeared

There Was a Fire: Jews, Music and the American Dream by Ben Sidran Yiddish Learning The collection also includes twoThe first edition of There Was a Fire is a National Jewish Book Award Finalist This book is about the power of memory, the human need for narrative, and the ability of music to encode and deliver the two. It outlines the role of the Jews who came to America from Eastern Europe during the late 19th and 20th centuries and helped define the spirit of the American Dream: a concern for the average man and a penchant for tikkun olam, healing a shattered