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Meyer Lansky

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  • Meyer Lansky, gangster - and Zionist

    has a lengthy article about legendary mobster Meyer Lansky, and how he helped Israel in its early days. Here is a condensed version and paraphrase of the article. Lansky grew up on the Lower East Side in New York in the early 1900s. He made his fortune in   from Elder of Ziyon Read more »

  • Bottoms Up: Meyer Lansky Sour from DGS Delicatessen

    are times when you want to really shake things up. We turn to area restaurants and bars for inspiration. This week, shake up a Meyer Lansky Sour, a cocktail named after the famous Jewish Gangster from the 1920s from DGS Delicatessen in Washington, D.C.   from The Plate - Cityeats.com Read more »

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    Cheese Blintzes from Ratner's, New York City – a favorite of mobsters Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. Things are little quiet around here. Why don't you get a little conversation going, you conversation starter, you. Register or log in first,   from Taste Spotting Read more »

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About Meyer Lansky

Meyer Lansky (born Majer Suchowliński, July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983) was a gangster who, with Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of The Commission (and possibly the "National Crime Syndicate") in the United States. Lansky also headed up Murder, Inc. for The Commission and was largely responsible for the Mafia's development of Las Vegas and a financially beneficial relationship with the corrupt Cuban regime of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar. Although Jewish, Lansky undoubtedly played a central role in the Italian Mafia's organization and consolidation of the criminal underworld (although the full extent of this role has come under some debate).

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