Judit Konya is researching halakhic consequences of anti-Jewish legislation issued by the Hungarian government and the local authorities between 1938 and 1944. The purpose of her work is to analyze responsa literature from halakhic and literary perspective and to present it as integral source of historical research on the persecution of Hungarian Jewry. Ms. Kónya’s dissertation supervisor is Dr. Tamás Turán. Ms. Kónya worked at the Yad Vashem Archives in Jerusalem and since 2014 has been working at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem. Her article entitled, “Hungarian Rabbinic Responsa Regarding Local Decrees on Opening Shops on Saturdays” was published in Yad Vashem Studies, 42 no.1 (2014). She is a native Hungarian speaker, has mastery in Hebrew and English, and plans to continue to study German.
Judit Konya
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Judit Konya is researching halakhic consequences of anti-Jewish legislation issued by the Hungarian government and the local authorities between 1938 and 1944. The purpose of her work is to analyze responsa literature from halakhic and literary perspective and to present it as integral source of historical research on the persecution of Hungarian Jewry. Ms. Kónya’s dissertation…
AREAS OF STUDY: Hungary