Ellen Levitt is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, New York. A married mother of two daughters, she is a veteran public school teacher and freelance writer. Her other books include the trilogy of The Lost Synagogues of New York City, published by Avotaynu, and Walking Manhattan, published by Wilderness Press. Her written pieces have appeared in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, New York Teacher, and other publications. She blogs regularly for the Jerusalem Post.She graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, earned a BA from Barnard College, an MA from Brooklyn College, and did doctoral work at the CUNY Graduate Center.