On 26 February 1814 King William I decreed that the Nederlands-Israëlitisch Seminarium (NIS) was to be established in Amsterdam to train rabbis, teachers and other officers serving the Jewish community.
Baruch Isaäc Kleerekoper, the son of Efraim, attended the NIS.
W.G.S. Bornstein, Students of the Nederlands Israëlietisch Seminarium (The Netherlands Jewish Theological Seminary) murdered during the Nazi-occupation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1940-1945 (2003)
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