Joseph Stacher (c. 1902 – 1977) (alias Doc Stacher, Joseph Rosen, Doc Harris el al)[1] was a Jewish syndicate leader who helped bring together the Jewish and Italian Mafia into a national organized crime syndicate.
Joseph Stacher was born Gdale Oistaczer (commonly pronounced Gedalia) in Letychiv, Ukraine around 1902.
Stacher continued running Mafia gambling operations until 1964, when Federal authorities arrested him for tax evasion.
While living in Israel he served as the primary source of Israeli journalists Dennis Eisenberg, Uri Dan, and Eli Landau for a biography of Meyer Lansky.
Only eight men were at the funeral, so the family had to ask a reporter and photographer to join the ceremony in order to attain a minyan.