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Greenstein was born and raised in Brooklyn, New New York
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Career
He is the owner, chief expert and president of J. Greenstein & Company, the only auction house dedicated solely to Jewish religious ritual art Greenstein represents rare pieces of antique Judaica and Jewish art He was raised in the Orthodox Jewish faith.
At the age of fourteen, he worked at Gold Bug, an antique store, and began collecting Judaica.
Greenstein visited flea markets and garage sales to add to his Judaica collection. Eventually, Greenstein began dealing in antique Jewish ritual objects.
He received his bachelor"s and master"s degree from Brooklyn College in health administration. Greenstein auctioneered a charity auction in 2002 at the Park East Synagogue in New York City.
He organized the pieces and made the catalogue for the auction.
Shortly after, Greenstein received an auctioneer"s license and hosted his own auction. In 2003, he founded J. Greenstein & Company in Brooklyn, New New York The Judaica retail gallery and auction house focuses on religious art from the 1600s to 1938.
J. Greenstein & Company auctions include people on the auction floor, the phone and available via the web.
In 2010, Greenstein moved the company"s headquarters to Cedarhurst, New New York J. Greenstein & Company has also hosted celebrity Judaica including Sammy Davis Junior."s personal menorah and items from victims of the Bernard Madoff scandal.
By December 2012, 600 people including Michael Steinhardt, a billionaire hedge-fund manager and antiquities collector, received Greenstein"s auction catalogs. That year, he hosted "Jewish Gilt," a Jewish antiques television show featured on the Jewish Channel.
In December 2014, Greenstein sold a Hanukkah menorah for $100,000 and added a spice box valued at $337,000 to his collection.
The menorah was made in Ukraine during the 18th century. In 2015, J. Greenstein & Company hosted an auction featuring 232 rare objects including rare Judaica items belonging to Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. Greenstein has been featured on Cable News Network"s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, National Broadcasting Company News with Chuck Scarborough, The New York Times, MarketWatch and The Huffington Post.
Additionally, he is a frequent guest on Fox News.
