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This is a list of Jewish-American mobsters and
organized crime
Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...
figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day.
See also
*
List of mobsters by city
References
Further reading
* Block, Alan A. ''Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930–1944''. 1976.
* Cohan, Hillary. ''Growing Up Jewish In The Mob''. 2013.
* Sadowsky, Sandy. ''Wedded to Crime: My Life in the Jewish Mafia''. 1992.
External links
New Voices: Left Off the Ark—A Bestiary of Gangs
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Mobsters
A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from '' mob'' and the suffix '' -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization a ...
Jewish American mobsters
Jew
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...