Ruth Caroline ( Carrie ) Ben Shammai

 

nee Rozenheim

Image rendition by Anthony Zois. Image captured from the videos featured.
Image rendition by Anthony Zois. Image captured from the videos featured.

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.

 

LM ; Vol.13-14, p 4988
LM ; Vol.13-14, p 4988

Longchamps Restaurant, Manhattan House, New York - 22nd July 1956.

Meher Baba is pointing to a lit candle.

Harry Kenmore is standing next to Carrie.

Image is courtesy of - http://avatarmeherbaba-israel.com/
Image is courtesy of - http://avatarmeherbaba-israel.com/
Carrie standing on the left of Meher Baba at the Myrtle Beach Centre, SC.
Carrie standing on the left of Meher Baba at the Myrtle Beach Centre, SC.

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Myrtle Beach S.C. : Carrie is standing on Baba's left
Myrtle Beach S.C. : Carrie is standing on Baba's left

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.

 

 1 ) Courtesy of LSLP
1 ) Courtesy of LSLP
Carrie with Etzion Becker - Photo courtesy of - http://avatarmeherbaba-israel.com/
Carrie with Etzion Becker - Photo courtesy of - http://avatarmeherbaba-israel.com/
 2 ) Courtesy of LSLP
2 ) Courtesy of LSLP
1956 : Delmonico Hotel. Dr Kenmore is next to Carrie.
1956 : Delmonico Hotel. Dr Kenmore is next to Carrie.