Falmouth Jewish Congregation will host a virtual Jewish Book Council author talk by Rebecca Clarren on “The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance.”
Award-winning journalist Rebecca Clarren will discuss her investigation of the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors’ land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the U.S. government. Voted a Best Book of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews, The Forward and The Christian Science Monitor, “The Cost of Free Land” melds investigative reporting with personal family history to reveal the intertwined stories of the author’s family and the Lakota, and the devastating cycle of loss of indigenous land, culture, and resources that continues today.
With deep empathy and clarity of purpose, Clarren grapples with the personal and national consequences of this legacy of violence and dispossession. What does it mean to survive oppression only to perpetuate and benefit from the oppression of others? By shining a light on the people and families tangled up in this country’s difficult history, “The Cost of Free Land” invites readers to consider their own culpability and what, now, can be done.
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