JTA Perhaps no American Jewish actor has been so closely associated with crime films as Harvey Keitel.
During a career now in its sixth decade, the 82-year-old Keitel has appeared in “Mean Streets,” “Taxi Driver,” “Wise Guys,” “Bugsy,” “The Two Jakes,” “Reservoir Dogs” and “The Irishman,” among numerous other films.
Now he’s adding to the list with “Lansky,” portraying perhaps the most famous Jewish gangster of all time, Meyer Lansky. The film opened in US theaters on June 25, and is available on-demand.
Lansky, born in Russia in 1902, arrived in New York in 1911. Known as the “Mob’s Accountant,” he was notorious in his own right, operating criminal rackets from Miami to Las Vegas to Cuba and playing a role in the establishment of what’s been called the National Crime Syndicate.
In Lansky, Harvey Keitel puts the legendary gangster s Jewishness front and center
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The spin-off series of the popular singing reality show, âThe Masked Singerâ, called âThe Mask Dancerâ premiered on Sunday, December 27, 2020, on FOX where we saw the first group of masked celebrities Cricket, Disco Ball, Exotic Bird, Hammerhead and Tulip performing in front of panelists Ken Jeong, Brian Austin Green, Paula Abdul and Ashley Tisdale.
The contestant, Disco Ball, unfortunately, had to head back home as his performance got the least amount of votes. At the end of the show, it was revealed the masked celebrity was none other than Grammy-winning hip-hop legend Ice-T. The rapper had performed in Bruno Marsâ hit single âUptown Funkâ and in his montage he had left clues like a shark fin in reference to his âSVUâ character Odafin âFinâ Tutuola, saying he wanted to show off his âtrue colors.â