List of Jewish American mobsters
- List of Jewish American mobsters
This is a list of notable Jewish-American mobsters and organized crime figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day.
*Moses Annenberg (1877–1942)
*David Berman (1903–1957)
*Otto Berman (1889?–1935), "Abbadabba"
*Abe Bernstein (c. 1892–1968)
*William Morris Bioff (1900–1955)
*Charles Birger (1881–1928)
*Alex Birns (1907–1975), "Shondor"
*Isadore Blumenfeld (1900–1981), "Kid Cann"
*Louis Buchalter (1897–1944), "Lepke"
*Mickey Cohen (1914–1976)
*Moe Dalitz (1899–1989)
*Stanley Diamond
*Monk Eastman (1873–1920)
*Ludwig Fainberg (1958-Present), "Tarzan"
*Benjamin Fein (1889–1977?), "Dopey Benny"
*Waxey Gordon (1886/1889–1952)
*Gus Greenbaum (1894–1958)
*Jake Guzik (1886–1956), "Greasy Thumb"
*Harry Horowitz (1889–1914), "Gyp the Blood"
*Nathan Kaplan (1891/1895–1923), "Kid Dropper"
*Harry Keywell (d. 1997)
*Abe Landau (1898–1935)
*Meyer Lansky (1902–1983)
*Red Levine (1920s–1930s)
*Vach Lewis (d. 1908), "Cyclone Louie"
*Hyman Martin (1903–1987), "Pittsburgh Hymie"
*Samuel Morton (1894–1923), "Nails"
*Jacob Orgen (1894/1901–1927), "Little Augie"
*Abe Reles (1906–1941), "Kid Twist"
*Chris Rosenberg (1950–1979)
*Frank Rosenthal (b. 1929), "Lefty"
*Joseph Rosenzweig, (1910s), "Joe the Greaser"
*Arnold Rothstein (1882–1928)"The Brain"
*Harry Sagansky (1897–1997) "Doc Jasper"
*Dutch Schultz (1902–1935)
*Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947)
*Jacob Shapiro "Gurrah"
*Charles Solomon (d. 1933), "King Solomon"
*Johnny Spanish (1891–1919)
*Joseph Stacher (1902–1977), "Doc"
*Harry Strauss (1909–1941), "Pittsburgh Phil"
*Albert Tannenbaum (1930s), "Tick–tock"
*Jack Zelig (1882–1912), "Big Jack"
*Jack Zuta (1888–1930)
*Max Zwerbach (d. 1908), "Kid Twist"
*Abner Zwillman (1889/1891–1959), "Longy"
References
*Block, Alan A. "Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930–1944". 1976.
*Cohen, Rich. "Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams".
*Fried, Albert. "The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America". New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
*Rockaway, Robert A. "But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters". Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1993.
*Rubin, Rachel. "Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature". 2000.
*Sadowsky, Sandy. "Wedded to Crime: My Life in the Jewish Mafia". 1992.
External links
* [http://www.carpenoctem.tv/mafia/jewish.html Seize The Night: The Jewish Mafia]
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