Grünvald, Philip
GRÜNVALD, PHILIP
GRÜNVALD, PHILIP (Fülöp ; 1887–1964), Hungarian historian. Grünvald was born in Sopron, the son of Mano Grünvald, rabbi of the Orthodox congregation there. In 1913 he started his teaching career at the Jewish secondary school in Budapest. From 1919 to 1948 he taught at the Jewish High School and from 1948 to 1958 he was its principal. From the early 1950s until his death he taught Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest. As a teacher he was held in great esteem, especially because of his absolute integrity and deep religious commitment. Grünvald also served the Jewish Museum of that city for 30 years, first as curator and later as director.
In 1927 he presented an outline for a history of the Jews in Hungary (in: A Zsidó Gimnázium Értesitője, 8 (1927), 12–29). Later, he dealt with the history of the Jews in Buda, A zsidók története Budán (1938). His other works dealt with aspects of the history of Jews in Hungary. His major work was the continuation of Monumenta Hungariae Judaica, with A. *Scheiber, he edited volumes 5–7 (1959–63) of this important historical work.
bibliography:
A. Scheiber, in: Soproni Szemle, 18 (1964), 187–8; idem, in: mhj, 8 (1965), 11–17, incl. list of his works.
[Alexander Scheiber]