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Hyman Chanover (April 19, 1920 – April 26, 1998) was a
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. His book ''Happy Hanukah Everybody'' (1969) was illustrated by
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Life

Chanover was born in Markow to Abraham Isaac and Anna Certner Chanover, in Poland but within a year had emigrated to the United States. In 1944 he married Alice S. Fischer and had two sons. Nadell, Pamela Susan and Raphael, Marc Lee (1988
"Chanover Hyman"
Conservative Judaism in America: a biographical dictionary and sourcebook pp. 49-50 Greenwood Press
He died April 26, 1998.Sun Sentinel Paid Obituaries April 28, 199
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Career

Chanover studied at the Teachers Institute of Yeshiva University, Yeshiva College and
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. Initially was a rabbi at Congregation Ahavath Israel in
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and Temple Israel in Albany,
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. He subsequently devoted himself to Jewish education particularly in association with the American Association of Jewish Education. He was also adjunct professor of education at
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and later a professor at Baltimore Hebrew College.


Contribution

He developed and wrote textbooks, prayer books, story books for classroom use and curricula and guides for teachers. He was a member of the
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Partial bibliography

*''Pesah is Here'' (1956) *''Blessed Event'' (1956) *''Teaching the Haggadah'' (1964) *''Happy Hanukah Everybody'' (1969) (illustrated by
Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Send ...
) *''A Book of Prayer for Junior Congregations'' (1986) *''Service for the High Holy Days'' (1996)


References

1920 births 1998 deaths American children's writers Jewish educators Rabbis from New York (state) American people of Polish-Jewish descent 20th-century American rabbis {{US-child-writer-stub