Minny Mock-Degen

Minny Evaline Mock-Degen (4 May 1945, Vevey – 11 April 2020, Israel) was a Dutch anthropologist, writer, and publisher, best remembered for her PhD dissertation titled 'The Dynamics of Becoming Orthodox: Dutch Jewish women returning to Judaism and how their mothers felt about it' (2006), as well as other publications, such as 'Rijkdom: Joodse naoorlogse verhalen' (2018), her activism for Dutch Jews, for translating Israeli books into Dutch, and printing Jewish literature.[1][2][3]

In 1978, she established a Dutch non-profit for the publication and distribution of Jewish books, and named it 'Amphora Books'. She ran the non-profit together with her husband, Harry Mock. Their oldest son, Leo Mock, also contributed to this non-profit by publishing various books.^[citation needed]

References

1. Overzicht, Gezin. "Degen, Minny". Stambomen van Nederlands Joodse families - Personen (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. Leydesdorff, Selma. Minny Mock 1945-2020 (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Jewish History. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
3. Pache, Hilde (6 July 2020). "Minny Mock (75) wist Nederland warm te maken voor Israëlische literatuur". Jonet.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 August 2022.