Name Ephraim Einhorn | ||
Rabbi Ephraim Ferdinand Einhorn (Hebrew: אפרים פרדיננד איינהורן; Chinese: 艾恩宏; Pinyin: Ài Ēnhóng; born 12 September 1918) is a British Orthodox rabbi and one of only two rabbis living in Taiwan.
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Early years
Einhorn was born in Vienna, Austria. Einhorn moved to the United Kingdom at age 14 and later to the United States. Einhorn's parents were killed in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Synagogue services in Taiwan
Einhorn arrived in Taiwan in January 1975 from Kuwait and started administering Jewish prayer services five years later. Einhorn now operates Synagogue service in 11F, 54,Sec 4, Min Sheng East Road,Taipei.
Although Jews in Taiwan never had a constant Synagogue built (Unlike fellow communities such as China, Hong Kong and Singapore), the first temporary synagogue had been created in the 1950s at the United States military chapel when U.S. soldiers had been stationed there. After the breakdown in the Republic of China–United States relations and the Taiwan Relations Act passed, prayer services were moved to the President Hotel, which no longer exists, then for many years to the Landis (formerly Ritz) Hotel, and from February 2008 to its current location.
Other career highlights
Along with religious duties, Einhorn has helped achieve and promote diplomatic relations between the Taiwanese government with the Eastern and Central Europe countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania as well as the Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine. He is also the chairman of the Republicans Abroad Taiwan.
In 2009 the Austrian government awarded him the Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.