Raphael Evers was a rabbi in the Netherlands and Germany.
20 Facts About Raphael Evers
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Raphael Evers is the son of Dutch-Jewish parents, Hans Evers and Bloeme Evers-Emden.
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Raphael Evers's mother was deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz in September 1944 on the same train as Anne Frank, whom she had known in Amsterdam.
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Raphael Evers-Emden survived the war, and later published four books detailing her research on Dutch Jewish children hidden during the war.
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Raphael Evers received Semkihah for Dayanut from the following Rabbi's: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu, Rabbi Meir Just, Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, Rabbi Moshe Halberstam and Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag.
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Raphael Evers is one of the very few post-Holocaust recipients of the highest Dutch Semikhah, the so-called Moreh degree.
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Since 1990 and until his departure in 2016 to Germany, Raphael Evers served as the rabbi of the Nederlands Israelitisch Kerkgenootschap.
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Raphael Evers served 26 years as the dean of the Nederlands Israelitisch Seminarium, where Dutch rabbis and Jewish teachers are trained.
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Raphael Evers finished two Master degrees in Clinical Psychology and Conflictuology and in Tax Law, both at the University of Amsterdam.
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Raphael Evers is known for his encyclopedic knowledge on almost all facets of Judaism.
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Raphael Evers is an honorary member of the Conference of European Rabbis.
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Raphael Evers served in a large number of voluntary board positions throughout his career, including the boards of Jewish youth organizations, schools, museums and general professional NGO's.
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Raphael Evers participated in many national and international inter-faith panels and initiatives like the Forum A to Z, encouraging the Dutch government to fight low literacy.
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Raphael Evers has spoken out on the increasing anti-Semitism displayed by Dutch Muslim residents of Moroccan and Turkish descent, allowing himself and his mother to be filmed on the subject by French television.
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In 2010, his son Bentzion Raphael Evers told the press that he was planning to move to Israel because of anti-Semitism, and that his father was planning to leave the Netherlands after his retirement.
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Raphael Evers published 8 Hebrew-language volumes of his Responsa "Weshav Werafa" documenting Halakhic questions he was asked to rule on as Posek and Dayan.
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Raphael Evers published more than 30 books in Dutch on a variety of Jewish topics, among others:.
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All of Raphael Evers's published books can be looked up at the Royal Library of the Netherlands.
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Raphael Evers writes articles on a regular basis for newspapers and magazines, as well as study material used in Dutch schools.
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Raphael Evers is a frequent spokesman for the Jewish point of view on radio and television, and during debates and lectures.