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Jewish mayor
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the courtroom became vocal sup-
A flamboyant underworld attor
porters.
iii ney and former synagogue
Goodman has visited Israel four
president elected mayor of Las
times,
and accompanied his three
Vegas by a landslide in June
sons
as
each celebrated his bar
gained fame and considerable
mitzva
at
the Western Wall.
wealth representing top mobsters
Goodman's candidacy was at first
as well as such celebrities as Mike
considered a stunt, but his quick
Tyson.
wit, candor and pledge to make
In a telephone interview, Oscar
developers pay to revitalize the city's
Goodman, 59, stressed his past
downtown area propelled him to the
presidency of Temple Beth
top in a field of nine
Shalom, a Conservative
candidates.
congregation, and his
Above: The mayor
Born in
and his wife's active
feels a t home
Philadelphia,
Goodman
support of the Jewish
in syn agogue.
moved
to
Las
Vegas in
Federation of Las Vegas.
1964.
He
worked
as
His wife, Carolyn, is
both
prosecuting
attor-
president of the board
ney and public defender before
of a nonprofit private school.
turning
to private practice.
"I'm faulted by some for repre
Las
Vegas
has a population of
senting unpopular clients, but I do
1.3 million. Its Jewish community,
so in accordance with the
which has grown rapidly in recent
Constitution of the United
years, numbers 65,000.
States," he said
Goodman is Las Vegas' second
His underworld clientele has
Jewish
mayor; Ron Lurie served a
included the legendary Meyer
decade
ago.
Lansky, Philadelphia's Phil
The
mayor
played himself in
Leonetti, Chicago's Tony "The
the Martin Scorsese film Casino
Ant" Spilotro, Boston's J.R. Russo
and is the subject of a recent
and John Gotti-adviser Natale
British documentary, Mob Law.
Richichi.
Yet, during his campaign, the
Tugend
—
same prosecutors he once faced in
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