Talk:List of Jewish American mobsters

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[edit] Purple Gang members

Under Jewish mobsters, you forgot Abe Bernstein, a leader of the "Purple Gang," a mostly Jewish gang from Detroit, which gained prominence during prohibition. 149.4.46.65 5 September 2006, 19:33 (UTC)

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"The Purple Gang was a notorious mob of (mostly Jewish) bootleggers and hijackers in the 1920s. Under the leadership of Abe Bernstein, the gang operated out of Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, which was a major port for running cached alcohol products across during Prohibition, since it is on the border with Canada. The history of the organization was recounted vividly in Paul R. Kavieff's The Purple Gang : Organized Crime in Detroit 1910-1945.
Perhaps the most ruthless bootleggers of their time, they may have killed over 500 members of rival bootlegging gangs during Detroit's bootleg wars. Originally, the mob came from young impoverished Detroit immigrants, who engaged in theft and armed robbery along Detroit's notorious Hastings Street. The gang supposedly received their name during a conversation between two Detroit market owners, each of whom had been victimized by the gang in its early days. One of them made a comment, "They're rotten, purple like the color of bad meat."
The Purples were really a very loose confederation of mostly, but not exclusively, Jewish gangsters. Well, the gang started as a group of juvenile delinquents on the lower east side of Detroit, a group of about 16 or 17 children from the same neighborhood. Mostly they were involved in the usual petty crime of juveniles. . .rolling drunks and stealing from hucksters", according to Paul Kavieff [2].

[edit] Violation of WP:NOT?

Since WP is not supposed to be composed of mere lists, would it not be better to incorporate this entire article as the named subsection in Jewish-American organized crime? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sbharris (talkcontribs) 22:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

As per WP:LIST, this specific article as well as other organized crime related lists provide additional information not provided by categories. Also, this list among others, is meant to be split from the main Jewish-American organized crime article so to avoid cluttering up the page. MadMax 07:15, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference issue

As discussed regarding similar issues with List of Italian-American and Irish-American mobsters, this is an issue involving specific articles not lists or categories. Also, given the contradictory templates, I've removed the refences and verify templates as references identifying those involved in organized crime are listed in the "references", "further reading" and "external links" sections. MadMax 07:15, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moses Annenberg

Move Moses Annenberg (1877–1942) to here. What is the proof that he is a "certifiable" "mobster" please? Nothing in the Wikipedia article about him says that he was a "mobster." Going to jail for tax evasion does not equal being a "mobster." See WP:LIBEL. IZAK 05:55, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

  • The article itself is a stub, however I've added books detailing his extensive involvement in Chicago's "circulation wars" which involved extortion and labor racketeering as well as his involvement in the National Wire Service and illegal gambling. Also, if you are not aware, tax evasion was often used to imprison organized crime figures (most notably Al Capone) when prosecutions for other crimes failed for various reasons. His criminal dealings are well detailed in the books I've provided and, in my view, does not constitute libelous statements. MadMax 07:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

If one who is reading this is a polyglot, please translate any of the pages in this section into Hebrew- this would be greatly appreciated - thank you