Kosher Nostra

English Alternative forms en kosher nostra Etymology A pun on en Cosa Nostra and en kosher. Proper noun 1 Kosher Nostra en dated informal en chiefly historical A nickname for Jewish-American organized crime. en Jewish mafia Jewish mob Kosher Mafia en Jun 22, 1970 Gus Tyler Book of the Week: The Kosher Nostra w:New York Magazine 3 25 New York, N.Y. w:George A. Hirsch The rise of the kosher nostra began at the turn of the century when the brutish Monk Eastman (Jacob Osterman) ended the reign of the Irish gangs in the Five Point area of the old East Side. 0028-7369 50 https://books.google.fi/books?id=F5bmvOSaIo4C&pg=PA50&dq=%22the+rise+of+the+kosher+nostra%22&hl=fi&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj96s6gl8-HAxXlExAIHdgRBycQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22the%20rise%20of%20the%20kosher%20nostra%22&f=false en Mar 15, 1972 Washington Observer Newsletter 135 Kosher Nostra boss, Meyer Lansky, now domiciled in Israel, will not be extradited to the U.S. 1769435 en 1992 Mike Rothmiller Ivan G. Goldman L.A. Secret Police: Inside the LAPD Elite Spy Network [M]en like Jimmy Fratianno of the Cosa Nostra and Bugsy Siegel Benjamin Siegel of the Kosher Nostra—were certainly not insignificant either. New York, NY w:Pocket Books 145 0671796577 en humorous figurative sometimes derogatory A nickname for various groups of Jewish people. en 1981 winter w:Herbert Kupferberg Present Tense 8 2 w:Itzhak Perlman "and that's when people began speaking of us as the Jewish Mafia, the Kosher Nostra and things like that" New York, NY w:American Jewish Committee 1789825 37 en 1992 Mihir Bose Michael Grade: Screening the Image ‘brigade’ of rich, mostly Jewish entrepreneurs such as Charles Saatchi and Gerald Ratner who are jocularly referred to as the Kosher Nostra. London w:Virgin Books 1852272082 254