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Physical Description: Education certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, grey ; Ht: 14,5 cm x W: 20,5 cm

Physical Description: Education certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, grey ; Ht: 14,5 cm x W: 20,5 cm

Notes: Page creased horizontally and vertically, ink stamp on bottom, signed by hand. This certificate originates from Budapest, Hungary. It attests to Isidore Lorincz’ birth in 1908 and the fact that he studied in the Rabbinical school in Hungary from 1950/51 - 1954/55. Declares he was an excellent student and wonderful person, and that he would be a good candidate for head of the Adath Israel in Lithuania. Narrative: Rev. Isodore Lorincz was born 6 January 1908 in Hungary. His parents were Lowi Netti and Loliner (?) Jakob. He attended high school and Yeshiva, and graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary of Budapest with ordination and smicha. During World War 2 his family was killed in Auschwitz. He came to Canada in 1957 after fleeing the revolution in Hungary. He served in two congregations before serving the Shaare Zedek Congregation as ritual director, then as Chazzan Sheni with a congregation in Hamilton, Ontario, for three years. Afterwards he served as rabbi in Port Colborne, Ontario. He settled in Montreal, Quebec, in 1962 where he became Chazzan Sheni for the next 26 years. He and his wife, Zita, continued to live in Montreal until there death around 2005.