When Gangland Was Jewish
Two exuberant new books chronicle the heyday of New York City’s criminal underworld on the Lower East Side.

THE TALENTED MRS. MANDELBAUM: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss, by Margalit Fox

THE INCORRUPTIBLES: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld, by Dan Slater

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