Jewish Gangsters on the LES: A Walking Tour

Learn where leaders of the Jewish Underworld began their nefarious activities, and discuss questions of morality, power, & assimilation. Arnold Rothstein, Meir Lansky, and Bugsy Siegel were all notorious gangsters whose criminal activities extended to Atlantic City, Miami, Cuba, and Las Vegas. Still, their stories began on the Lower East Side of New York. We will examine where these leaders of the Jewish underworld started their nefarious activities. Along the way, we will analyze morality, power, and assimilation questions. Use your imagination to evoke what once existed as we view sites associated with these Jewish Gangsters.

Your guide, Urban Historian and educator Bradley Shaw, was born on the Lower East Side, has a BA in History and Education from Brooklyn College, and is a licensed NYC tour guide. He shares his love of the neighborhood and passion for its history with us. He has been a docent, walking tour guide, and manager at the Museum at Eldridge Street for more than six years, and doing walking tours for the LESJC, Context Travel, and his own company, NY History Tours.

Host or Publisher Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy