Arnold Rothstein became one of the most influential figures in American organized crime by blending gambling, insider ...

Sunday's episode of "Boardwalk Empire" was written by Steve Kornacki and directed by Brad Anderson. Between the looming election and the damage control following an attempt on his brother Eli's life, ...

THE BIG BANKROLL (369 pp.)—Leo Katcher—Harper ($5). Gangster Arnold Rothstein’s life story is the sort of straw out of which psychologists make their bricks. At the age of three, the future “Big ...

Arnold Rothstein Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 – November 6, 1928) was an American businessman, racketeer, and gambler who gained fame as the kingpin of the Jewish mob in New York City. He was ...

Arnold Rothstein was one of the most celebrated gangsters in 20th century America, forever linked to baseball’s Black Sox scandal, the 1919 Chicago White Sox fix of the World Series. The great writer ...

Welcome to Card Player’s new series, Men of Action, which will explore the lives of some of history’s most infamous gamblers and sportsmen. The news spilled from the lips of Damon Runyon and William ...

In the 1920s, thousands of Eastern European Jews attained success and security in the United States of a kind that had never been available to them before. In Jazz Age Jews (Princeton University Press ...