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  • Meyer Lansky in Israel, 1971.
    Meyer Lansky in Israel, 1971.
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    Gangsters for Zion

    Yom Ha’atzmaut: How Jewish mobsters helped Israel gain its independence

    byRobert Rockaway
  • 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
  • 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
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo littleny / Shutterstock.com)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo littleny / Shutterstock.com)
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    In Las Vegas, a Family Goes to Court Over Decision To Shutter Failing Newspaper

    Brian Greenspun is suing to stop his siblings from undoing the legacy of their father, Hank, founder of the ‘Las Vegas Sun’

    bySteve Friess
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