Moshe Menuhin

Moshe Menuhin (1893-1983) was born in Gomel to a distinguished, religious Jewish family.^[1] He was the great great grandson of Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hassidism.^[2] When the family moved to Palestine, Moshe was sent to Orthodox Jewish schools, first to Yeshivas in Jerusalem, then to the nationalistic Hebrew Gymnasia Herzlia in Jaffa - Tel Aviv.

In 1913 he came to the United States to complete his higher education, attending New York University where he studied mathematics, political science and education. He later moved to California, where he worked as a Hebrew teacher. A committed anti-Zionist, he was the author of The Decadence of Judaism in Our Time and Jewish Critics of Zionism, and of the family history The Menuhin Saga.

Moshe Menuhin was the father of renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin and pianists Hephzibah Menuhin Hauser and Yaltah Menuhin.

References

1. ^ Inside cover to the Decadence of Judaism in our Time, second edition with postscript published by the institute of Palestinian Studies, Beirut 1969, by Moshe Menuhin
2. ^ Review by Henry G. Fischer of The Menuhin Saga, by Moshe Menuhin, in The Link - Volume 17, Issue 5, Americans for Middle East Understanding December 1984, [1]

External links

• Like Father, Like Son: A Tribute to Moshe and Yehudi Menuhin, Grace Halsell, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs July 1996

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Name	Menuhin, Moshe
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