Hyman Chanover was a Rabbi

Rabbi

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, educationalist and author

Author

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. His book Happy Hanukah Everybody (1969) was illustrated by Hans Christian Andersen Award

Hans Christian Andersen Award

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 winner Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak

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Life

He 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. He died April, 26 1998.

Career

He studied at the Teachers Institute of Yeshiva University

Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration

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, Yeshiva Collage and New York University

New York University

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. Initially was a rabbi at Congregation Ahavath Israel in Philadelphia and Temple Israel in Albany

Albany, New York

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, New York

New York

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. He subsequently devoted himself to Jewish education particularly in association with the American Association of Jewish Education

JESNA

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. He was also adjunct professor of education at New York University

New York University

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 and later a professor at Baltimore Hebrew College

Baltimore Hebrew University

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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 National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Partial bibliography

• Pesah is Here (1956)
• Blessed Event (1956)
• Teaching the Haggadah (1964)
• Happy Hanukah Everybody (1969) (illustrated by Maurice Sendak
  Maurice Sendak
  Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:...
  
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• A Book of Prayer for Junior Congregations (1986)
• Service for the High Holy Days (1996)