Jennie Grossinger

Jennie Grossinger was born into a poor Jewish family on June 16, 1892, in Baligrod, a small village in Galicia, Austria, now a part of Poland.

She was the eldest daughter of three children of Malka Grossinger; née Grumet, and her husband, Asher Selig, who was an estate overseer.

At that point, the family moved to an overview farmhouse in the Catskill Mountains, where they expected to earn enough to pay the bills by developing harvests, which ultimately fizzled after a couple of months.

From that point forward, they started to take in summer guests, the vast majority of whom were individual Jewish workers and were searching for inexpensive excursions.

Thus a small hotel emerged named Longbrook House, where Jennie Grossinger worked as the bookkeeper, chambermaid, and host, while her mother oversaw the kosher kitchen.

Her husband continued to live and work in New York City, but assisted the business with marketing and also provided guests from his acquaintance.

Subsequently, they purchased 63 acres of land of woods and a lake, providing the guests with fishing and various sporting facilities.

After the end of World War II, Grossinger continued directing the development of the hotel and expanded its client base.

From the 1930s, Grossinger started to assign a considerable lot of her previous business-related obligations and began to commit herself to humanitarian activities.

In her lifetime, Grossinger had received several honors and awards including honorary degrees from New England College, and Wilberforce University in Ohio for her philanthropic works.