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Revision as of 04:47, 17 March 2009 by 71.184.49.28 (talk) (please don't remove cited references; see WP:3RR)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)This is a list of Jewish-American mobsters and organized crime figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day.
Main article: Jewish-American organized crime- Louis "Pretty" Amberg (1897-1935)
- Moses Annenberg (1877–1942)
- David Berman (1903–1957)
- Otto "Abbadabba" Berman (1889?–1935)
- Abe Bernstein (c. 1892–1968)
- William Morris Bioff (1900–1955)
- Charles Birger (1881–1928)
- Alex "Shondor" Birns (1907–1975)
- Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld (1900–1981)
- Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (1897–1944)
- Mickey Cohen (1914–1976)
- Moe Dalitz (1899–1989)
- Stanley Diamond (b. 1940)
- Monk Eastman (1873–1920)
- Maxie Eisen
- Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg (b. 1958)
- Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein (1889–1977?)
- Waxey Gordon (1886/1889–1952)
- Gus Greenbaum (1894–1958)
- Max "Big Maxie" Greenberg (1883-1933)
- Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik (1886–1956)
- Gyp the Blood (1889–1914)
- "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan (1891/1895–1923)
- Harry Keywell (d. 1997)
- Abe Landau (1898–1935)
- Meyer Lansky (1902–1983)
- William Lipshitz
- Red Levine (1920s–1930s)
- Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis (d. 1908)
- Hyman "Pittsburgh Hymie" Martin (1903–1987)
- Samuel "Nails" Morton (1894–1923)
- Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen (1894/1901–1927)
- Abe "Kid Twist" Reles (1906–1941)
- Chris Rosenberg (1950–1979)
- Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal (b. 1929)
- Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig (1910s)
- Lou Rothkopf
- Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein (1882–1928)
- Harry "Doc Jasper" Sagansky (1897–1997)
- Dutch Schultz (1902–1935)
- Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947)
- Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro
- Charles "King" Solomon (d. 1933)
- Johnny Spanish (1891–1919)
- Joseph "Doc" Stacher (1902–1977)
- Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss (1909–1941)
- Albert "Tick–tock" Tannenbaum (1930s)
- Jack "Big Jack" Zelig (1882–1912)
- Jack Zuta (1888–1930)
- Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach (d. 1908)
- Abner "Longy" Zwillman (1889/1891–1959)
References
- ^ Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
- ^ Woodiwiss, Michael. Organized Crime and American Power: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8020-8278-5
- ^ Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
- ^ Reppetto, Thomas A. American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2004. ISBN 0-8050-7798-7
- ^ Cohen, Rich. Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-83115-5
- ^ Rockaway, Robert A. But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1993. ISBN 9652290920
- ^ Rubin, Rachel. Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. ISBN 0-252-02539-3
Further reading
- Block, Alan A. Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930–1944. 1976.
- Sadowsky, Sandy. Wedded to Crime: My Life in the Jewish Mafia. 1992.
External links
- New Voices: Left Off the Ark — A Bestiary of Gangs
- Seize The Night: The Jewish Mafia
- Organized Crime Syndicates: Tough Jews