ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi wˈʌn, ʌŋɡˈɑːɹ wʌz ɐpɹˈoʊtʃt baɪ ðə tˈaʊn ʌv nˈaɪtɹə, wˌɪtʃ hæd ɹˈiːsəntli lˈɔst ɪts tʃˈiːf ɹˈæbaɪ, ɹˈæbaɪ ˈævɹɐhˌæm ˈæhæɹən kˈæts, wɪð ɐ ɹᵻkwˈɛst ðæt hiː hˈɛd ðæt kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi.
In 1931, Ungar was approached by the town of Nitra, which had recently lost its chief rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Aharon Katz, with a request that he head that community.