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Jewish Gangsters of the Lower East Side Walking Tour

Hosted By: The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC)

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy presents a walking tour exploring the neighborhood roots of Jewish mobsters such as Arnold Rothstein, Meir Lansky, and Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel. The tour traces their rise from local gangs and gambling to national criminal networks spanning Atlantic City, Miami, Cuba, and Las Vegas. Along the way, participants will consider themes of morality, power, and assimilation in American Jewish history.

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The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC)

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC) is an educational non-profit, created in 1998, to preserve and support the Lower East Side’s community of living synagogues and other historic structures, and to raise public awareness of the neighborhoods distinct cultural identity. As the birthplace of American Jewish civilization, and the most iconic immigrant neighborhood in America, we share this history by taking people on walking tours which enter sacred sites, where you learn how past generations came here, lived and worshiped. Learn more about LESJC here.
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