Ben Zion Hyman

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Ben Zion Hyman (1891 - 1984) was a Canadian Jewish bookseller. Originally from Russia, Hyman graduated from the Odessa Polytechnical Institute. After coming to Canada he graduated in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. Hyman and his wife, Fannie (in Poland, 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.

Hyman would close the store in the early 1970's after the death of his wife.

Hyman also founded the Toronto Jewish Public Library in 1941.

In 1953, Hyman's son Gurion would open a branch at 1032 Eglinton Avenue West in Forest Hill.