Izak van Gelder

Izak van Gelder enrolled in the Nederlands Israëlitisch Seminarium [Dutch-Jewish Seminary] in Amsterdam at age 13. He lacked the financial resources to complete his studies. The Jewish community in The Hague offered him a teaching position. He continued studying on his own and passed the rabbinical examination in 1906. By then he had five children.

In 1927 Izak van Gelder was appointed rabbi in T…

Izak studeerde van 1894 tot en met 1896 Klassieke Letteren aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Meer over rabbijn Izak van Gelder is te lezen in het boek van Bart van der Boom, Den Haag in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (Den Haag 1995).