History Main / KosherNostra

-->--Mickey Cohen: ''Videogame/LANoire''

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* The first arc of DCComics book ''Caper'' by JuddWinick was about two brothers in the Jewish Mafia in turn of the century San Francisco.

* Bernie Bernbaum in ''MillersCrossing'' is a Jewish-American gangster who gets into some heat with the local Italian gang.

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* Jewish gangsters feature prominently in ''BoardwalkEmpire''. Arnold Rothstein, Meyer Lansky, Busgy Seigel and Waxy Gordon are all characters of varying importance. Manny Horvitz is a [[OriginalCharacter (fictional)]] kosher butcher who is vying with Gordon over control of Philadelphia.

* ''GrandTheftAutoIV'' has the Jewish Mob responsible for the diamond deal that serves as the focus of a major subplot. The boss and his right hand man (Isaac Roth and Mori Green respectively) are [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to the famous ''Godfather'' characters.

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* Jewish gangsters feature prominently in ''BoardwalkEmpire''. Arnold Rothstein, Meyer Lanksy, Busgy Seigel and Waxy Gordon are all characters of varying importance. Manny Horvitz is also a kosher butcher who is vying with Gordon over control of Philadelphia.

* Jewish gangsters feature prominently in ''BoardwalkEmpire''. Arnold Rothstein, Meyer Lanksy, Busgy Seigal and Waxy Gorgon are all characters of varying importance. Manny Horvitz is also a kosher butcher who is vying with Gordon over control of Philadelphia.

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* The 3rd Street Saints in SaintsRow might be channeling the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_gang Purple Gang]], a prohibition-era crew of alcohol runners. Like the old Gang, The Saints all wear purple, the default car is "The Bootlegger," and they're known for openly violent crimes and intra-gang violence.
* GrandTheftAutoIV has the Jewish Mob responsible for the diamond deal that serves as the focus of a major subplot. The boss and his right hand man (Isaac Roth and Mori Green respectively) are [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to the famous ''Godfather'' characters.

* GrandTheftAutoIV has the Jewish Mob responsible for the diamond deal that serves as the focus of a major subplot. The boss and his right hand man (Isaac Roth and Mori Green respectively) are [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to the aforementioned ''Godfather'' characters.

* In ''SonsOfAnarchy'', Bobby Elvis is a Jewish member of the gun-running Sons of Anarchy motorcycle club. His father was a bookie for the mob.

* ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' takes place in an alternate history where Israel never took off; there's a Jewish state within Alaska. An ultraorthodox sect called The Verboven are the equivalent of The Mafia there.

* ''OnceUponATimeInAmerica'' - David, natch. Plus, the character of Maximilian "Max" Bercovicz was inspired by Lansky.
* Bernie Bernbaum plays one of these in ''MillersCrossing''. Notable in that he's not part of a bigger mob, and likes to play Shylock to evoke sympathy before stabbing people in the back.
* In the film ''{{Pi}}'', some of these are after the [[MacGuffin all-powerful number]] found by the protagonist, with the belief that it is the True Name of God.

* Sam "Ace" Rothstein in ''{{Casino}}''.
* Nino in ''Film/{{Drive}}'' is a Jewish gangster who sets the events of the film in action with his plan to rip off the East Coast Mob, his associate Bernie is played by a Jewish actor and is heavily implied to be Jewish as well.

* Young Bugsy and Lansky are characters on ''BoardwalkEmpire'', which also has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Rothstein Arnold Rothstein]], as well as a fictional character, Manny Horvitz, who could be accurately described as what Tevye would be like if he was an ax crazy psychopath.

* In ''{{Snatch}}'', the characters make several references to the involvement of Jews in the underground diamond trade, possibly a bit of TakeThat to De Beers.

In fiction, the KosherNostra are rare, probably because because Jewish organized crime tends to be rolled into other, larger organized criminal groups. In truth, the Jewish community was often too small to be the single dominant organized mob, and Jewish mobsters often made strategic alliances with a larger group, often ending up serving as advisors and technicians. From about [[TheRoaringTwenties Prohibition]] to some time in the 1960s or 1970s, the main allies were [[TheMafia the Italians]]. Nowadays, the Jewish mob is mostly focused in Israeli or [[TheMafiya Russian mobs]]. Still, they tend to pop up often enough in early-mid 20th century period pieces, particularly in LosAngeles and pre-Castro UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}}.

* The character of Hyman Roth in ''The Godfather Part II'' was based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky Meyer Lansky]]
* ''Bugsy'' about... well, Bugsy Siegel. Lansky is in this one too; understandable, given they were lifelong friends.

* Bernie Bernbaum plays one of these in MillersCrossing. Notable in that he's not part of a bigger mob, and likes to play Shylock to evoke sympathy before stabbing people in the back.

* ''LuckyNumberSlevin'' features a boss named The Rabbi.

In fiction, the KosherNostra are rare, probably because because Jewish organized crime tends to be rolled into other, larger organized criminal groups. In truth, the Jewish community was often too small to be the single dominant organized mob, and Jewish mobsters often made strategic alliances with a larger group, often ending up serving as advisors and technicians. From about [[TheRoaringTwenties Prohibition]] to some time in the 1960s or 1970s, the main allies were [[TheMafia the Italians]]. Nowadays, the Jewish mob is mostly focused in Israeli or [[TheMafiya Russian mobs]]. Still, they tend to pop up often enough in early-mid 20th century period pieces, particularly in LosAngeles.

In fiction, the KosherNostra are rare, probably because because Jewish organized crime tends to be rolled into other, larger organized criminal groups. Historically, that was [[TheMafia the Italians]]. Nowadays, the Jewish mob is mostly focused in Israeli or [[TheMafiya Russian mobs]]. Still, they tend to pop up often enough in early-mid 20th century period pieces, particularly in LosAngeles.

* GrandTheftAutoIV has the Jewish Mob responsible for the diamond deal that serves as the focus of a major subplot. The boss and his right hand man (Isaac Roth and Mori Green respectively) are [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to the aforementioned ''Godfather'' characters.

* ''Le Grand Pardon'' is basically a French and Jewish Black-Foot version of ''TheGodfather''.

* GrandTheftAutoIV has the Jewish Mob responsible for the diamond deal that serves as the focus of a major subplot. The boss and his right hand man (Isaac Roth and Mori Green respectively) are [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to the aforementioned ''Godfather'' characters.

* ''TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' takes place in an alternate history where Israel never took off; there's a Jewish state within Alaska. An ultraorthodox sect called The Verboven are the equivalent of The Mafia there.

* ''Bugsy'' about... well, Bugsy Seigel. Lanksy is in this one too; understandable, given they were lifelong friends.
* Bugsy and Lanksy also appear in ''Mobsters.''

* GrandTheftAutoIV has the Jewish Mob responsible for the diamond deal that is the focus of a major subplot. The boss and his right hand man (Isaac Roth and Mori Green respectively) are [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to the aforementioned ''Godfather'' characters.

* GrandTheftAutoIV has the Jewish Mob responsible for the diamond deal that is the focus of a major subplot. The boss and his right hand man (Isaac Roth and Mori Green respectively) are [[ShoutOut]]s to the aforementioned ''Godfather'' characters.

-->--Mickey Cohen: ''LANoire''

* The character of Moe Greene in ''TheGodfather'' is based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel Bugsy Siegel]].

* In ''Snatch'', the characters make several references to the involvement of Jews in the underground diamond trade, possibly a bit of TakeThat to De Beers.

* TheSopranos had Hesh Rabkin, Jewish music producer who did business with the show's Italian mafia. He may have been based on music mogul [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levy Morris "Mo" Levy]], a real-life Jewish producer with mafia ties.

* LANoire has a couple of these, as you might guess from the page quote. The first is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Cohen Mickey Cohen]], based on the real-life gangster who was something of celebrity in L.A. during the 40's and 50's. The second is Lenny Finklestein, a drug-dealer [[spoiler: who you wind up killing while investigating morphine-trafficking]].
* The [[SaintsRow 3rd Street Saints]] might be channeling the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_gang Purple Gang]], a prohibition-era crew of alcohol runners. Like the old Gang, The Saints all wear purple, the default car is "The Bootlegger," and they're known for openly violent crimes and intra-gang violence.

* The character of Moe Greene in TheGodfather is based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel Bugsy Siegel]].

* OnceUponATimeInAmerica - David, natch. Plus, the character of Maximilian "Max" Bercovicz was inspired by Lansky.

* LuckyNumberSlevin features a boss named The Rabbi.

* Young Bugsy and Lansky are characters on BoardwalkEmpire, which also has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Rothstein Arnold Rothstein]], as well as a fictional character, Manny Horvitz, who could be accurately described as what Tevye would be like if he was an ax crazy psychopath.