Thank you for your post, Turnball. I know there were many Russian gangsters who claimed to be of the Jewish faith while coming to America, but I'd say out of all of them that said they were, maybe 40% of them were really Russian Jews. I don't know the two Brighten Beach mobsters off hand, but former Colombo Family capo, Michael Franzese mentioned them in his most recent book. The book is called "Blood Covenant." If you haven't heard of this book, It's a must read. Michael said these two Russian hoods, who belonged to the Russian Mob were being shaken down by some Cosa Nostra soldiers, so Michael backed them up, and took them under his wing, of course they had to pay Michael off for helping them, and give him a piece of what ever criminal activites they were involved with. Michael also said these two men were definitely Jewish. Also, some how you have 17 members as being in the Bug & Meyer Gang, when there's actually 19 on my list.