Jul 22, 2013
ยฉ David Fertik
Like Reb Saunders, Schiff's grandfather was a Jewish immigrant transplanted to Brooklyn, but unlike a rabbi, he was part of organized crime, interacting with the likes of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky.
"My grandfather prayed every morning, he was religious in that regard, but he also killed people," Schiff said, with a deadpan stare. "He grew up as a tough kid in Brooklyn who beat others up so that he wouldn't get beaten up, and yet he always obeyed the sabbath to a degree. That's how powerful religion and tradition isย โย like my character, you can't let that go." (x)
