Gurion Hyman

Gurion Joseph Hyman (born January 9, 1925) is a Canadian anthropologist, linguist, pharmacist, composer, artist and translator. Primary contributions have been (a) liturgical compositions for the Passover Haggadah and Sabbath prayer service, (b) translations into English as well as the setting to music of several internationally acclaimed Yiddish poets, (c) an (ongoing) project to write an etymological dictionary of Yiddish, and (d) proprietor of the second branch of Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe.

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Gurion Hyman
Birth dateJanuary 09, 1925
Birth place
Toronto , Canada
Education
University of Toronto
Parents
Ben Zion Hyman

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