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This is a '''list of Jewish-American mobsters''' and [[organized crime]] figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day. |
This is a '''list of Jewish-American mobsters''' and [[organized crime]] figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day. |
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*[[Hyman Amberg]] (1902-1926) <ref name="Abramovitch">Abramovitch, Ilana. ''Jews of Brooklyn''. Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 2001. ISBN 1-58465-003-6</ref><ref name="Block">Block, Alan A. ''East Side, West Side: Organizing Crime in New York, 1930-1950''. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1983. ISBN 0-87855-931-0</ref> |
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*[[David Berman (mobster)|David Berman]] (1903–1957) |
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*[[Joseph C. Amberg]] (1892-1935) <ref name="Abramovitch"/><ref name="Block"/> |
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⚫ | *[[Otto Berman|Otto "Abbadabba" Berman]] (1889?–1935)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried">Fried, Albert. ''The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6</ref><ref name="Reppetto">Reppetto, Thomas A. ''American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power''. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2004. ISBN 0-8050-7798-7</ref><ref name="Cohen">Cohen, Rich. ''Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-83115-5</ref> |
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*[[Moses Annenberg]] (1877–1942)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Johnson">Johnson, Curt and R. Craig Sautter. ''The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone''. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. (pg. 203-204) ISBN 0-306-80821-8</ref><ref name="Newton">Newton, Michael. ''Mr. Mob: The Life and Crimes of Moe Dalitz''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2009. ISBN 0-7864-3516-X</ref><ref name="Woodiwiss">Woodiwiss, Michael. ''Organized Crime and American Power: A History''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8020-8278-5</ref><ref name="Fried">Fried, Albert. ''The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6</ref><ref name="Reppetto">Reppetto, Thomas A. ''American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power''. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2004. ISBN 0-8050-7798-7</ref> |
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*[[William Morris Bioff]] (1900–1955)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/> |
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*[[Charles Birger]] (1881–1928) |
*[[Charles Birger]] (1881–1928) |
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*[[Alex Birns|Alex "Shondor" Birns]] (1907–1975) |
*[[Alex Birns|Alex "Shondor" Birns]] (1907–1975) |
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*[[Kid Cann|Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld]] (1900–1981)<ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Rockaway">Rockaway, Robert A. ''But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters''. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1993. ISBN 9652290920</ref> |
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*[[Louis Buchalter|Louis "Lepke" Buchalter]] (1897–1944)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Woodiwiss">Woodiwiss, Michael. ''Organized Crime and American Power: A History''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8020-8278-5</ref><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/><ref name="Rubin">Rubin, Rachel. ''Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature''. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. ISBN 0-252-02539-3</ref> |
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*[[Ike Bloom]] (1865-1930)<ref name="Johnson"/> |
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*[[Mickey Cohen]] (1914–1976)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/><ref name="Rockaway"/> |
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*[[Moe Dalitz]] (1899–1989)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Louis Cohen]] (1904-1939)<ref name="Block"/> |
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*[[Stanley Allen Diamond|Stanley Diamond]] (b. 1940) |
*[[Stanley Allen Diamond|Stanley Diamond]] (b. 1940) |
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*[[Monk Eastman]] (1873–1920) |
*[[Monk Eastman]] (1873–1920)<ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Maxie Eisen]]<ref name="Woodiwiss"/> |
*[[Maxie Eisen]]<ref name="Woodiwiss"/> |
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*[[John Factor]] (1892-1984)<ref name="Johnson"/><ref name="Newton"/> |
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*[[Ludwig Fainberg|Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg]] (b. 1958) |
*[[Ludwig Fainberg|Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg]] (b. 1958) |
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*[[Benny Fein|Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein]] (1889–1977?) |
*[[Benny Fein|Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein]] (1889–1977?)<ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Irving Feinstein]] (1910-1939) |
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*[[Gus Greenbaum]] (1894–1958)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/> |
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*[[Isadore Friedman]] (d. 1939) |
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*[[Jake Guzik|Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik]] (1886–1956)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Harry Greenberg]] (d. 1939) |
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*[[Jake Guzik|Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik]] (1886–1956)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Johnson"/><ref name="Newton"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Nathan Kaplan|"Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan]] (1891/1895–1923)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
*[[Nathan Kaplan|"Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan]] (1891/1895–1923)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Harry Keywell]] (d. 1997)<ref name="Rockaway"/> |
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*[[Abe Landau]] (1898–1935)<ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Philip Kovolick]] (1908-1971?) |
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*[[Whitey Krakow]] (d. 1941) |
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*[[Louis Kravits]] (fl. 1933-1939) <ref name="Block"/><ref name="Fried"/> |
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*[[Martin Krugman]] (1919-1979) |
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*[[Hyman Lamer]] (fl. 1959-1974) |
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*[[Abe Landau]] (1898–1935)<ref name="Block"/><ref name="Newton"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Meyer Lansky]] (1902–1983)<ref name="Block"/><ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Newton"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Farrell"/><ref name="Cohen"/><ref name="Rockaway"/><ref name="Rubin"/> |
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*[[Red Levine]] (1920s–1930s)<ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
*[[Red Levine]] (1920s–1930s)<ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Samuel Levine (mobster)|Samuel Levine]] (1903-) |
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*[[Vach Lewis|Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis]] (d. 1908)<ref name="Fried"/> |
*[[Vach Lewis|Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis]] (d. 1908)<ref name="Fried"/> |
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*[[Samuel Morton|Samuel "Nails" Morton]] (1894–1923)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/> |
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*[[Harry Maione]] (1908-1942)<ref name="Block"/> |
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*[[Samuel Morton|Samuel "Nails" Morton]] (1894–1923)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Johnson"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/> |
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*[[Jacob Orgen|Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen]] (1894/1901–1927)<ref name="Block"/><ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Philip Paul|Philip "Pinchy" Paul]] (d. 1914) |
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*[[Abe Reles|Abe "Kid Twist" Reles]] (1906–1941)<ref name="Abramovitch"/><ref name="Block"/><ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Newton"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/><ref name="Rubin"/> |
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*[[Harry Rosen (mobster)|Harry Rosen]] (fl. 1920-1950)<ref name="Johnson"/><ref name="Newton"/> |
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*[[Chris Rosenberg]] (1950–1979) |
*[[Chris Rosenberg]] (1950–1979) |
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*[[Bernard Rosencrantz]] (d. 1939)<ref name="Block"/><ref name="Newton"/> |
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*[[Joseph Rosenzweig|Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig]] (1910s)<ref name="Fried"/> |
*[[Joseph Rosenzweig|Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig]] (1910s)<ref name="Fried"/> |
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*[[Lou Rothkopf]]<ref name="Sifakis |
*[[Lou Rothkopf]]<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/> |
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*[[Arnold Rothstein|Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein]] (1882–1928) |
*[[Arnold Rothstein|Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein]] (1882–1928)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/><ref name="Rubin"/> |
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*[[Harry Sagansky|Harry "Doc Jasper" Sagansky]] (1897–1997) |
*[[Harry Sagansky|Harry "Doc Jasper" Sagansky]] (1897–1997) |
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*[[Dutch Schultz]] (1902–1935) |
*[[Dutch Schultz]] (1902–1935)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/><ref name="Rockaway"/><ref name="Rubin"/> |
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*[[Moe Sedway]] (1894-1952)<ref name="Newton"/> |
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*[[Jacob Shapiro|Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro]]<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Charles Solomon|Charles "King" Solomon]] (d. 1933)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/> |
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*[[Jacob Shapiro|Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro]]<ref name="Block"/><ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Newton"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Charles Solomon|Charles "King" Solomon]] (d. 1933)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Johnson"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/> |
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*[[Johnny Spanish]] (1891–1919)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/> |
*[[Johnny Spanish]] (1891–1919)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/> |
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*[[Joseph Stacher|Joseph "Doc" Stacher]] (1902–1977)<ref name="Sifakis |
*[[Joseph Stacher|Joseph "Doc" Stacher]] (1902–1977)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Harry Strauss|Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss]] (1909–1941) |
*[[Harry Strauss|Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss]] (1909–1941)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Albert Tannenbaum|Albert "Tick–tock" Tannenbaum]] (1930s) |
*[[Albert Tannenbaum|Albert "Tick–tock" Tannenbaum]] (1930s)<ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Benjamin Tannenbaum]] (1906-1941)<ref name="Block"/> |
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*[[Abraham Telvi]] (1934-1956) |
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*[[Harry Tietlebaum]] (1889-) |
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*[[Joseph Toplinsky]] (1879-) |
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*[[Abraham Weinberg]] (1897-1935?)<ref name="Block"/> |
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*[[George Weinberg (mobster)|George Weinberg]] (1901-1939)<ref name="Block"/> |
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*[[Emanuel Weiss]] (1906-1944)<ref name="Abramovitch"/><ref name="Block"/> |
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*[[Samuel Weiss (mobster)|Samuel Weiss]] (1904-) |
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*[[Jack Zelig|Jack "Big Jack" Zelig]] (1882–1912)<ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
*[[Jack Zelig|Jack "Big Jack" Zelig]] (1882–1912)<ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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*[[Jack Zuta]] (1888–1930) |
*[[Jack Zuta]] (1888–1930) |
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*[[Max Zwerbach|Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach]] (d. 1908)<ref name="Fried"/> |
*[[Max Zwerbach|Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach]] (d. 1908)<ref name="Fried"/> |
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*[[Abner Zwillman|Abner "Longy" Zwillman]] (1889/1891–1959) |
*[[Abner Zwillman|Abner "Longy" Zwillman]] (1889/1891–1959)<ref name="Sifakis"/><ref name="Woodiwiss"/><ref name="Fried"/><ref name="Reppetto"/><ref name="Cohen"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 13:48, 22 July 2009
This is a list of Jewish-American mobsters and organized crime figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day.
- Louis "Pretty" Amberg (1897-1935)[1]
- David Berman (1903–1957)
- Otto "Abbadabba" Berman (1889?–1935)[1][2][3][4]
- Abe Bernstein (c. 1892–1968)
- William Morris Bioff (1900–1955)[1][2][3]
- Charles Birger (1881–1928)
- Alex "Shondor" Birns (1907–1975)
- Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld (1900–1981)[2][5]
- Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (1897–1944)[1][6][2][3][4][7]
- Mickey Cohen (1914–1976)[1][2][3][4][5]
- Moe Dalitz (1899–1989)[1][6][2][3][4]
- Stanley Diamond (b. 1940)
- Monk Eastman (1873–1920)[2][3][4]
- Maxie Eisen[6]
- Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg (b. 1958)
- Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein (1889–1977?)[6][2][4]
- Waxey Gordon (1886/1889–1952)[1][2][3][4]
- Gus Greenbaum (1894–1958)[1][2]
- Max "Big Maxie" Greenberg (1883-1933)[2][4]
- Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik (1886–1956)[1][6][2][3][4]
- Gyp the Blood (1889–1914)[2]
- "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan (1891/1895–1923)[1][2][4]
- Harry Keywell (d. 1997)[5]
- Abe Landau (1898–1935)[2][3][4]
- Meyer Lansky (1902–1983)[1][6][2][3][4][5][7]
- William Lipshitz
- Red Levine (1920s–1930s)[2][4]
- Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis (d. 1908)[2]
- Hyman "Pittsburgh Hymie" Martin (1903–1987)
- Samuel "Nails" Morton (1894–1923)[1][2][3]
- Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen (1894/1901–1927)[1][2][4]
- Abe "Kid Twist" Reles (1906–1941)[1][2][3][4][7]
- Chris Rosenberg (1950–1979)
- Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal (b. 1929)
- Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig (1910s)[2]
- Lou Rothkopf[1][6]
- Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein (1882–1928)[1][6][2][3][4][7]
- Harry "Doc Jasper" Sagansky (1897–1997)
- Dutch Schultz (1902–1935)[1][2][3][4][5][7]
- Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947)[1][6][2][3][4][7]
- Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro[1][6][2][3][4]
- Charles "King" Solomon (d. 1933)[1][2][3]
- Johnny Spanish (1891–1919)[1][2]
- Joseph "Doc" Stacher (1902–1977)[1][2][4]
- Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss (1909–1941)[1][2][4]
- Albert "Tick–tock" Tannenbaum (1930s)[2][4]
- Jack "Big Jack" Zelig (1882–1912)[2][4]
- Jack Zuta (1888–1930)
- Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach (d. 1908)[2]
- Abner "Longy" Zwillman (1889/1891–1959)[1][6][2][3][4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Reppetto, Thomas A. American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2004. ISBN 0-8050-7798-7
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Cohen, Rich. Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-83115-5
- ^ a b c d e Rockaway, Robert A. But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1993. ISBN 9652290920
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Woodiwiss, Michael. Organized Crime and American Power: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8020-8278-5
- ^ a b c d e f 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.