Benjamin P FeldmanBenjamin Feldman has lived and worked in New York City for the past 49 years and is the author of three works of non-fiction about 19th and early 20th century New York. His essays and book reviews about New York City and American history and about Yidish culture have appeared online and in print in CUNY's Gotham History Blotter, The New Partisan Review, Columbia County History &, Heritage, Ducts Literary Magazine, The Forward, New York Archives Magazine and in his blog, The New York Wanderer, on the web at www.newyorkwanderer.com. He is the chair emeritus of the Board of The National Yiddish Theater - Folksbiene, and currently chairs the Board of the New Yiddish Repertory Theater. Ben's writing career was preceded by a 24-year career in law and commercial real estate in NYC. He holds a B.A from Columbia College (1969) and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law (1976), and was one of the founding partners of the SL Green Realty Trust, the largest and publicly-held owner of commercial office buildings in NYC. Read More Read Less