# Moshe Menuhin

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**Moshe Menuhin** (1893–1982)[1] was an American Jewish writer and teacher of [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew).

## Biography

Menuhin was born **Moshe Mnuchin** in [Gomel](/source/Gomel) to a distinguished, religious [Lithuanian Jewish](/source/Lithuanian_Jews) family.[2] He was the great-great-grandson of Rabbi [Shneur Zalman of Liadi](/source/Shneur_Zalman_of_Liadi), the founder of [Chabad](/source/Chabad) [Hassidism](/source/Hassidism), as well as Rabbi [Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev](/source/Levi_Yitzchok_of_Berditchev).[3]

When the family moved to the [Yishuv](/source/Yishuv), Moshe was sent to Orthodox Jewish schools, first to [Yeshivas](/source/Yeshivas) in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), then to the Hebrew [Gymnasia Herzlia](/source/Gymnasia_Herzlia) in [Jaffa](/source/Jaffa) - Tel Aviv.

In 1913 he came to the United States to complete his higher education, attending [New York University](/source/New_York_University) where he studied mathematics, political science and education.

In late 1919 he and his wife Marutha (née Sher) became American citizens, and changed their surname to "Menuhin".[4]

He later moved to [Los Gatos, California](/source/Los_Gatos,_California), along with his family,[1] where he worked as a Hebrew teacher.

His views were [anti-Zionist](/source/Anti-Zionist), and were subject of controversy in the Jewish world. 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*. In the 1960s, he served as a cultural and political advisor to the far-right German *[National-Zeitung](/source/National-Zeitung)*.[5]

## Family

Moshe Menuhin was the father of renowned violinist [Yehudi Menuhin](/source/Yehudi_Menuhin) and pianists [Hephzibah Menuhin](/source/Hephzibah_Menuhin) and [Yaltah Menuhin](/source/Yaltah_Menuhin).

## Works

- *The decadence of Judaism in our time.* New York, Exposition Press, 1965
- "The Other Side of the Coin." Published circa 1967. A copy of which is held in the UN Library in Geneva.
- *Quo vadis Zionist Israel? A 1969 postscript to The decadence of Judaism in our time.* Beirut, [Institute for Palestine Studies](/source/Institute_for_Palestine_Studies), 1969
- *In memory of Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden, United Nations mediator on Palestine* New York : Arab Information Center, 1969
- *[Jewish critics of Zionism : a testamentary essay, with the stifling and smearing of a dissenter](https://archive.org/details/dudeman5685_yahoo_JCZ)* New York : League of Arab States, Arab Information Center, 1974
- *[The stifling and smearing of a dissenter](http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC13_scans/13.MosheMenuhin.StiflingSmearingDissenter.pdf)* By Moshe Menuhin
- *A Jewish child in Czarist Russia Moshe Menuhin describes life in a Jewish ghetto of Czarist Russia.* Hollywood, Calif. : Center for cassette studies, 1976
- *The Menuhin saga: the autobiography of Moshe Menuhin.* London : Sidgwick & Jackson 1984

## References

1. "Deaths". *[San Francisco Examiner](/source/San_Francisco_Examiner)*. February 23, 1982. p. 21.

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

1. 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, ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110927151542/http://www.ameu.org/page.asp?iid=169&aid=510&pg=1). Archived from [the original](http://www.ameu.org/page.asp?iid=169&aid=510&pg=1) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2015-12-26.

1. [Jacqueline Kent](/source/Jacqueline_Kent), *An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin*, p. 18

1. ["'Ich schlage vor, Sie wählen DVU'"](https://taz.de/Ich-schlage-vor-sie-waehlen-DVU/!287703/) (in German). *taz.de*. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2025-03-26.

## External links

- [Like Father, Like Son: A Tribute to Moshe and Yehudi Menuhin](http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0796/9607018.htm), Grace Halsell, [Washington Report on Middle East Affairs](/source/Washington_Report_on_Middle_East_Affairs) July 1996

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