Jewish Mafia

Sure! I’m related to people who worked for Lucky Luciano & Bugsy Seigel among others.

That sounds fun. I worked with a fellow who said his mother was a distant cousin of Lepke Buchalter, but he never new how.

Lepke ran Murder Inc. in the 1930's.

He has a great distinction: "Buchalter is the only American mob boss to have received the death penalty after being convicted of murder." <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepke_Buchalter&gt;.

There are a number of books written about the Jewish gangsters. Here are some for reference, although I've only read one of them: (I had no idea there are so many books on the subject!)

The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America
The Chronicles of The Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron
The Kosher Capones: A His­to­ry of Chicago’s Jew­ish Gangsters
The Brownsville Boys: Jewish Gangsters of Murder, Inc.,
But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters
Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams [This one I read and recommend]

And an article: "Gangsters for Zion, Yom Ha’atzmaut: How Jewish mobsters helped Israel gain its independence", By Robert Rockaway. Tablet Magazine, April 19, 2018. <https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/260133/gangsters-...;

I am psyched! Here we go:

https://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-American-organized-crime/1146735

My late stepfather’s mother was the mistress of an accountant for Bugsy. That family tracked me down; all the brothers were involved, and one wrote a book. I’ll add it to references.

PBS will soon be putting on a documentary about finding supposed buried treasure of New York Jewish gangster Dutch Schultz.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/new-documentary-seeks-to-find-new-yo...