1875 – Sept 24, 1945
Jennie Reich Danizs was the wife of Max Danzis and was one of the founders of Beth Israel Hospital, with her husband. She was President of the Beth Israel Hospital Ladie’s Guild. Sheounded the Reciprocity Club which offered self-improvement classes to immigrants. She was President of the Newark Section Council of Jewish Women and leader of Americanization work.
She founded the Jennie Danzis Cultural Club a social and cultural club with over 100 members as of 1945.
Jennie was born and grew up in in Poland, immigrated to Newark with her mother and siblings c. 1892. After marriage the Danzis family lived at 608 High St.
Bibliography
Photo from Ancestry.com Family tree
Jewish Community Organization in Newark and Essex County
Cummings, Charles F. “Famous Women Who Helped Write the City’s History” Star Ledger Jun 27, 2002
D-03, Danzis, Max, Newark News Morgue, Newark Library
“Mrs. Danzis Feted for Long Service” Jewish Chronicle Mar 6, 1942
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