ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Seymour J. Perlin grew up in Mountaindale, NY, a small rural
village 100 miles north of New York City. (Please see his related
article A Shtetl in America.
)
Dr. Perlin moved to the
Bronx in 1945 when he started his freshman year at New York University
at the University Heights Campus. After graduating from NYU, the
author served in the U.S. military and began his career in South Bronx
public elementary school administration. He was an assistant
principal at P.S. 39 (Longwood Avenue), and the principal of P.S. 59
(Bathgate Avenue). The author earned his doctorate from NYU.
After living in the Bronx with his wife and children for many years, Dr. Perlin moved his family to the Rockland County suburb of New York City. He retired from the NYC Board of Education in 1990. For the past fifteen years, the author has taught courses in American History at St. Thomas Aquinas College and Dominican College, both located in Rockland County. Dr. Perlin's current research largely centers on the cultural and social history of American Jewish immigration.
