Raphael Evers

Rabbi Dr. Raphael Evers
Personal details
Birth name	Raphael Everse
Born	May 8, 1954 (age 61) Amsterdam
Nationality	Dutch
Residence	Amsterdam
Spouse	Channa
Children	10

Raphael Evers (born May 8, 1954) is the Rabbi of Rotterdam and an authoritative Jewish spokesman in the Netherlands.

Evers was born in Amsterdam, and grew up in Amsterdam-West. He is the son of Dutch Jewish parents, Hans Evers and Bloeme Evers-Emden (1926-2016). His mother was deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz in September 1944 on the same train as Anne Frank, whom she had known in Amsterdam. Evers-Emden survived the war and later published four books detailing her research on Dutch Jewish children hidden during the war.

Evers has been connected as a rabbi to the Nederlands Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap (Dutch Israelite Religious Community) (NIK) since 1990. He is also the dean of the Nederlands Israëlitisch Seminarium (Dutch Israelite Seminary) where Dutch rabbis and Jewish teachers are trained. Evers finished two studies—Psychology and Fiscal Law—and received rabbinical ordination in 1989 from several distinguished rabbinical authorities. He is known for his encyclopedic knowledge on almost all facets of Judaism.

Evers is secretary of the Nederlands College voor Rabbinale Zaken (Dutch College for Rabbinical Affairs) and secretary on the board of the Bijbels Museum (Biblical Museum) in Amsterdam. He is also a member of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) and of the Joods Marokkaans Netwerk Amsterdam (Jewish Moroccan Network Amsterdam). Because of his work for and in name of the Dutch Jewish community Evers was given a place in the Golden Book of Moroccan Judaism; he was also honored for his 25-year jubilee at the Nederlands Israëlitisch Seminarium.

After the murder of Theo van Gogh on November 2, 2004, Evers presented, alongside representatives of Christian and Muslim communities, a Samenlevingscontract (Cohabitation Agreement) to the President of the Dutch House of Representatives.

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