Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life.” The two Rockaways share a “story by” credit for the film. Rockaway, the son of an American father and an Israeli mother, was born in Israel and came to ...

(JTA) — The descendants of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky are seeking compensation ... for the Hyman Roth character in the 1974 film “The Godfather: Part II,” according to Reuters.