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.
Jacob Kater, the son of Isaac, 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)
Kater Jacob was an active member of the youth shul and the local Jewish youth movement in Hilversum.
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