Ruth Caroline ( Carrie ) Ben Shammai
nee Rozenheim
Born : 9th December 1902 - Frankfurt A/M, Germany
Died : 27th October 1986 - Israel
Married : 1948 - Dr. Meir Hilel Ben Shammai
Father : Rabbi Yaacov Rozenheim
Nationality : Israeli
Carrie visited the Sahavas at the Meher Center in Myrtle Beach, SC., in 1958 when Meher Baba visited
for a short time.
Carrie attended the 1962 East-West Gathering for Meher Baba at Guruprasad, Poona, India.
Longchamps Restaurant, Manhattan House, New York - 22nd July 1956.
Meher Baba is pointing to a lit candle.
Harry Kenmore is standing next to Carrie.
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Tree planting ceremony on the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Meher Baba is watching Eruch Jessawala ( crouching ) & Meherjee Karkaria ( shoveling ) help Elizabeth
Patterson ( holding sapling ) plant it. Carrie
Ben Shammai ( red dress ) is watching the ceremony along with many others. Images taken from a film that Charmain Duce took at the time. Images courtesy of Michal Namo
Sivan.
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