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  • Hyman Roth, played by Lee Strasberg in 1974. (The Godfather)
    Hyman Roth, played by Lee Strasberg in 1974. (The Godfather)
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    The Toughest Fictional Jewish Gangsters

    With Boardwalk Empire over, some other bad guys to watch on-screen

    byAlexander Aciman
  • Scene from Season 5, Episode 7 of 'Boardwalk Empire.' (HBO)
    Scene from Season 5, Episode 7 of 'Boardwalk Empire.' (HBO)
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    Yiddish and Mezuzot on ‘Boardwalk Empire’

    How the Prohibition-era HBO show portrays its Jewish gangsters

    byAlexander Aciman
  • The El Cortez Hotel & Casino on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, pictured on July 19, 2011. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
    The El Cortez Hotel & Casino on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, pictured on July 19, 2011. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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    Bugsy Siegel’s Coast-to-Coast Crime Empire

    How the Jewish gangster helped establish Las Vegas as a gambling mecca

    byAlexander Aciman
  • A 'Wanted' poster for mobster Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is displayed at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. ( Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
    A 'Wanted' poster for mobster Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is displayed at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. ( Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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    The Jewish Gangsters of ‘Murder Incorporated’

    Prohibition-era hit squad’s handiwork appears on Boardwalk Empire

    byAlexander Aciman
  • Mickey Cohen's 1961 Alcatraz mugshot. (Wikipedia)
    Mickey Cohen's 1961 Alcatraz mugshot. (Wikipedia)
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    Mickey Cohen is What ‘Boardwalk’ is Missing

    The real-life gangster was a few years too late for the Prohibition-era show

    byAlexander Aciman
  • Scene from 'Boardwalk Empire.' (HBO)
    Scene from 'Boardwalk Empire.' (HBO)
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    Another ‘Boardwalk’ Casualty: Waxey Gordon

    This season’s time jump bypasses much of the bootlegger’s criminal career

    byAlexander Aciman
  • Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky on 'Boardwalk Empire.'(HBO)
    Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky on 'Boardwalk Empire.'(HBO)
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    On ‘Boardwalk,’ Meyer Lansky Looms Large

    The ruthless Jewish gangster is all business on the Prohibition-era HBO show

    byAlexander Aciman
  • Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein in 'Boardwalk Empire.' (HBO)
    Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein in 'Boardwalk Empire.' (HBO)
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    ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Returns Without Rothstein

    HBO show’s final season opens in 1931, after the real-life gangster was killed

    byAlexander Aciman
  • Michael Stuhlbarg in episode 29 (season 3, episode 5) of Boardwalk Empire.(Macall B. Polay/HBO)
    Michael Stuhlbarg in episode 29 (season 3, episode 5) of Boardwalk Empire.(Macall B. Polay/HBO)
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    Boardwalk Empire Blues

    The reason I don’t like the HBO drama? I want it to be a show about Jewish gangsters.

    byRachel Shukert
  • Philip Roth(WSJ)
    Philip Roth(WSJ)
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    Sundown: Dems to Add Jerusalem to Platform

    Plus State of Berlin legalizes circumcision

    byAdam Chandler
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