Evers grew up in Amsterdam-W. His father was Hans Evers. His mother, Bloeme Evers-Emden (born 1926), is a Dutch Jew who was deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz in September 1944 on the same train as Anne Frank, whom she had known in Amsterdam.
Evers finished two studies—Psychology and Fiscal Law—and received rabbinical ordination in 1989 from several distinguished rabbinical authorities.
Evers-Emden survived the war and later published four books detailing her research on Dutch Jewish children hidden during the war. Evers has been connected as a rabbi to the Nederlands Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap (Dutch Israelite Religious Community) (NIK) since 1990. He is also the dean of the Nederlands Israëlitisch Seminarium (Dutch Israelite Seminary) where Dutch rabbis and Jewish teachers are trained.
Evers is secretary of the Nederlands College voor Rabbinale Zaken (Dutch College for Rabbinical Affairs) and secretary on the board of the Bijbels Museum (Biblical Museum) in Amsterdam.
Five of Evers" children have already left the country.
He is also a member of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) and of the Joods Marokkaans Netwerk Amsterdam (Jewish Moroccan Network Amsterdam).
