Marutha Menuhin

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Marutha Menuhin (Sher)

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Birthplace: Yalta, Russian Federation
Death: November 08, 1996 (100)
San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Nachum Sher and Sara Liba Sher
Wife of Moshe Menuhin
Mother of Yehudi Menuhin; Hephzibah Menuhin-Hauser and Yaltah Menuhin-Rolfe-Ryce

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About Marutha Menuhin

Marutha Menuhin emigrated to America from Russia (today Belarus). She was the wife of Moshe Menuhin, a former rabbinical student and anti-Zionist writer. Menuhin was descended from a distinguished rabbinical dynasty. Marutha has been described as "dominant and controlling". The Menuhins had three very gifted children: The famous violinist, Lord Menuhin (Yehudi Menuhin), the concert pianist and human rights worker Hephzibah Menuhin and the pianist, painter, and poet Yaltah Menuhin.


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Marutha Menuhin's Timeline

1896
January 7, 1896
Yalta, Russian Federation
1916
April 22, 1916
New York, NY, United States
1920
May 20, 1920
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States
1921
October 7, 1921
San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA, United States
1996
November 8, 1996
Age 100
San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA, United States
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New York, America
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