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Tough Jews : Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams

Name: Tough Jews : Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams
ISBN: 0375705473

In an L.A. delicatessen, a group of Brooklyn natives gets together to discuss basketball, boxing, the weather back east, and the Jewish gangsters of yesteryear. Meyer Lansky. Bugsy Siegel. Louis Lepke, the self-effacing mastermind of Murder, Inc. Red Levi

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“For Jews, since the temple was destroyed–they'd need to rebuild it in their mind. For Jews, the world has already been destroyed. The center was destroyed. This is their history–everything has been destroyed. What remains? Just them.”

— Rich Cohen, amazon.com

Tagged: Prepare

“For my father, every run-in with authority is a test, an indication, of how he will stand against genuine evil.”

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Tagged: Obstacles