skˈoːɹ wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn ˈʌstəzˌɪki dˈɑːlni, pˈoʊlənd, jˈɪdɪʃ: ˈɪstɹɪk ɐ ˌɛsˈeɪtʃtˈɛɾəl nˌɪɹ pˌiːˈɑːɹzˈɛmɪsəl, ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn, ðə sˈɪksθ ʌv ˈævɹɐhˌæm hˈeɪlvi skˈoːɹz sˈɛvən tʃˈɪldɹən.
Schorr was born in Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland, [Yiddish: Istrik] a shtetl near Przemyśl, in 1910, the sixth of Avraham Halevi Schorr's seven children.