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 ...

Now he’s adding to the list with “Lansky,” portraying perhaps the most famous Jewish gangster of all time, Meyer Lansky. Lansky, born in Russia in 1902, arrived in New York in 1911.

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 ...

Hollywood has a long history of organized crime, dating back to Meyer Lansky and a who's who of other Mafia figures who liked to chow down at Joe Sonken's Gold Coast restaurant. And the other half of ...

Dempsey, now 58, was Meyer Lansky, another organized crime figurehead. Related: Dexter: Original Sin's Patrick Gibson Says His Similar Looks to Michael C. Hall 'Definitely Came Up' on Set ...