Rebecca Clarren

May 12, 2024 | skyhinews.com | Rebecca Clarren

There’s a place in South Dakota, about 25 miles north of Wall Drug, that some locals still call “Jew Flats.”More than 100 years ago, the United States gave my great-great grandparents and their children, cousins and friends, around 30 Jewish families, free land in the West under the Homestead Act. All of the recently arrived immigrants spoke Yiddish; most escaped Russia with their lives but less so their livelihoods.

Apr 10, 2024 | northdakotamonitor.com | Rebecca Clarren

There’s a place in South Dakota, about 25 miles north of Wall Drug, that some locals still call “Jew Flats.”More than 100 years ago, the United States gave my great-great grandparents and their children, cousins and friends, around 30 Jewish families, free land in the West under the Homestead Act. All of the recently arrived immigrants spoke Yiddish; most escaped Russia with their lives but less so their livelihoods.

Apr 10, 2024 | northdakotamonitor.com | Rebecca Clarren

There’s a place in South Dakota, about 25 miles north of Wall Drug, that some locals still call “Jew Flats.” More than 100 years ago, the United States gave my great-great grandparents and their children, cousins and friends, around 30 Jewish families, free land in the West under the Homestead Act. All of the recently arrived […]

Mar 23, 2024 | themountainmail.com | Rebecca Clarren

There’s a place in South Dakota, about 25 miles north of Wall Drug, that some locals still call “Jew Flats.” More than 100 years ago, the United States gave my great-great-grandparents and their children, cousins and friends, around 30 Jewish families, free land in the West under the Homestead Act. All of the recently arrived immigrants spoke Yiddish; most escaped Russia with their lives but less so their livelihoods.

Mar 22, 2024 | wyomingnews.com | Rebecca Clarren

Rebecca Clarren is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. An award-winning journalist about the American West, her latest book is The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance (Viking Penguin).