page_title: Asriel Günzig
hierarchical_section_title: Asriel Günzig
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Synagoga, Ztracená 619/20, Loštice. This is a photo of a cultural monument of the Czech Republic,number: 18892/8-999.Památkový&#160;katalogMIS hledat obrázky hledat seznamyWikidata
context_page_description: Asriel Günzig was a rabbi, scholar, bookseller, editor and writer. He served as the rabbi of Loštice, Moravia, from 1899 until 1920.
  Günzig was born on April 10, 1868, in Kraków, where he received traditional Talmudic education, and he finished his studies in philosophy and Semitic languages at the University of Bern, where he earned his doctorate.
  In 1899, he became the rabbi of the Jewish Congregation in Loštice, a position he held until the spring of 1920, when he moved to Antwerp, Belgium, with his family.
  In Antwerp, he became the head of the Hebrew Tachkemoni School and held this position for ten years.
  He died in Antwerp in 1931 at the age of 63.
context_section_description: Asriel Günzig (also known as Azriel Günzig, Ezriel Günzig, Israel Günzig, Izrael Günzig, or J. Günzig) (Hebrew: עזריאל גינציג‎) was a rabbi, scholar, bookseller, editor and writer. He served as the rabbi of Loštice, Moravia, from 1899 until 1920.
  Günzig was born on April 10, 1868, in Kraków, where he received traditional Talmudic education, and he finished his studies in philosophy and Semitic languages at the University of Bern, where he earned his doctorate.
  In 1899, he became the rabbi of the Jewish Congregation in Loštice, a position he held until the spring of 1920, when he moved to Antwerp, Belgium, with his family.
  In Antwerp, he became the head of the Hebrew Tachkemoni School and held this position for ten years.
  He died in Antwerp in 1931 at the age of 63.
caption: The renovated Synagoge in Loštice, 2015
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