FATHER OF THE JEWISH MAFIA - THE STORY OF ARNOLD ROTHSTEIN

Arnold Rothstein is a gangster about whom little is known to the general public. His name usually comes up when stories are told about mobsters like Meyer Lansky or Lucky Luciano, citing Rothstein as their mentor and investor. But this is only the first layer of the Jewish businessman’s multifaceted personality. Beginning to peel back layer after layer, like an onion, we first discover that Rothstein was involved in the rise of at least a dozen of the leading gangsters of Prohibition. Then we discover that he was one of the biggest gamblers in the United States and managed to rig the outcome of America’s premier baseball tournament. But that’s not all, digging deeper we find evidence that Rothstein had serious political connections and was an intermediary between the authorities and the criminal community. Today we are going to talk about a gangster who managed to turn everything he touched into money. He was a gambler, a casino owner, a bootlegger, a drug dealer, a loan shark, and