Ben Zion Hyman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian bookseller
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Place of Birth: Mazyr, Belarus
About Ben Zion Hyman
- Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984) was a Canadian Jewish bookseller.
- Originally from Mazyr in what is now Belarus, Hyman graduated from the Odessa Polytechnical Institute.
- After coming to Canada (settling first in Guelph, Ontario), he graduated in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto.
- Hyman and his wife, Fannie (née Konstantynowski), (in Polish, Fela; in Yiddish, Faigel), opened Jewish Toronto's most prominent book store, Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe (later known as Hyman's Booksellers, and still later known as Hyman & Son) at 412 Spadina Avenue in 1926.
- In 1953, his son Gurion Hyman opened a branch at 1032 Eglinton Avenue West in the Cedarvale/Forest Hill area of Toronto.
- Hyman closed the store in the early 1970s after the death of his wife. During his life, Hyman was active as a member, founder and/or president of a number of organizations.
- These included: Hadassah, JIAS, Toronto Zionist Council, Toronto JNF, Keren Hatarbut, Poale Zion, and Farband.
- Hyman was an elected delegate to the first Canadian Jewish Congress in 1919.
- He also founded the Toronto Jewish Public Library in 1941.
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