Here is a Wall Street Journal article reporting on the afternoon Eric Ferrara spent with Meyer Lansky II on the Lower East Side — the neighborhood where his grandfather grew up and started his career:
Revisiting a Family’s Mafia Roots: Taking a Mafia walking tour of New York with Meyer Lansky II
By Ralph Gardner Jr.
June 14, 2015 8:55 pm ET
It would be an exaggeration to say that we considered Meyer Lansky, the notorious Jewish gangster who died in 1983, a member of the family. Then again, he wasn’t a total stranger either; family members made his memorable acquaintance while on vacation in Israel in the early 1970s.
READ FULL ARTICLE: https://www.wsj.com/articles/revisiting-a-familys-mafia-roots-1434329741
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