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By Wikipedia Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American gangster who was involved with Italian-American organized crime. Siegel was a major driving force behind large-scale development of Las Vegas. Articles about Bugsy Siegel
Feb 12, 2009
Love is nigh
By RAFAEL LEVI
It's about time to refute the erroneous belief that St. Valentine earned his status due to his enormous love for slaughtering Jews. According to…
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Dec 18, 2008
I'm a jelly doughnut
By ASI GAL
It's three a.m. as I write this. This is not due to my arch nemesis procrastination. Actually, I still have another whole day till my deadline. I'm…
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Jun 3, 2008
Like father, like son
By TOM TUGEND
"If I ever get the Nobel Prize, the headline is going to say, 'Meathead Wins Nobel Prize,'" suggested Rob Reiner, referring back to his role as…
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Apr 17, 2008
The odd couple
By Aryeh Dean Cohen
The Jews created Las Vegas; now the Israelis are hoping to improve upon it. While the Mafia lent discreet support to the creation of the State of…
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Nov 22, 2007
Snap Judgement:
By Calev Ben-David
The last time I stepped foot inside New York City's Plaza Hotel was my brother's wedding day 10 years ago. Though the reception wasn't at the Plaza,…
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Nov 18, 2007
Celebrity grapevine
By GREER FAY CASHMAN
IT SEEMS that Yair Lapid would like to have his cake and eat it too. Lapid has been negotiating with Channel 2 to anchor the Friday night news and…
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Jun 21, 2007
More to a mafioso than meets the eye
By TOM TUGEND
When he died peacefully as a retired businessman in Miami on January 15, 1983, the New York Times headlined the sizeable obituary, "Meyer Lansky dead…
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Dec 7, 2006
Bars for Bugsy
Jan 19, 2006
My Uncle, the hitman
By CALEV BEN-DAVID
Blood RelationBy Eric KonigsbergHarper Collins280 pp., $25.95Eric Konigsberg, a nice Jewish boy raised in Omaha, Nebraska, first learned his family…
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Dec 15, 2005
A question of belonging
By ELAINE MARGOLIN
ALIYA: Three Generations of American-Jewish Immigration to IsraelBy Liel LeibovitzSt. Martin's Press288pp., $24.95Liel Leibovitz's stirring book…
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Oct 9, 2005
Underworld man of mystery
By JOSHUA ELLISON
The King of the JewsBy Nick ToschesHarperCollins318pp., $25. 95Nick Tosches is a strange sort of biographer. Most historians try to create a…
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