Lansky’s grandson says he and other beneficiaries of Lansky’s estate are entitled to compensation from the Cuban government. (JTA) — The descendants of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky are ...

As someone who lectures often on matters of Jewish history, the first thing that came to mind when seeing this, was the story ...

his grandfather was a chaffeur for the infamous Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky. Krumholtz, 41, revealed the tidbit while talking with the New York Post at the premiere of HBO’s upcoming “The Plot ...

Young Maier Suchowlansky and Benjamin Siegelbaum, better known in later years as Meyer Lansky and Ben "Bugsy" Siegel, hailed from Brooklyn, New York. The Jewish gangs' traditional rivals were the ...

Eager to get in on the ground floor, infamous New York boss Meyer Lansky and his crew backed the venture, sending 39-year-old Benjamin Siegel to Vegas to oversee construction. Amid a postwar ...