Jeremias Hillesum Bio

Birth Date

September 05, 1820

Birthplace

Amsterdam

Married Date

1840

Married to

Naatje Philip Wagenaar

Graduation Year

1843

Graduation Age

23

Occupation

1849: rabbi of the synagogue in Meppel
1853-1888: Opperrabbijn Drenthe.
1862-1888: Opperrabbijn Groningen
1880: Opperrabbijn Gelderland
1883-1888: Opperrabbijn Overijssel 
1886: Opperrabbijn Friesland

Biographical Text

https://www.geni.com/people/Jeremias-Hillesum/6000000015375859965

https://archives.uba.uva.nl/agents/people/1933

Photo from M.H. Gans. Memorboek, platenatlas van het leven der joden in Nederland van de middeleeuwen tot 1940. Baarn, 1974, p. 473

Death Date

May 07, 1888

Deathplace

Meppel, Netherlands

Files

Hillesum.jpg

Citation

“Jeremias Hillesum Bio,” Pri Ets Haim Amsterdam Responsa, accessed March 20, 2026, https://pehh.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/17432.

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