Minny Mock-Degen
Dutch anthropologist, writer, and publisher (1945–2020)
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.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Minny Mock-Degen (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born May 4, 1945, died Apr 11, 2020.1
About
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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Minny Mock-Degen, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Amphora BooksFounder11
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: publisher, writer, columnist, anthropologist, cultural anthropologist, women's rights activist.5 6
- Date not recordedFounded Amphora Books4
Personal life
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- 1WikidataMinny Mock-Degen on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMinny Mock-Degen on Wikipedia
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- 11WikidataAmphora Books, Founder
- 12Wikimedia CommonsMinny Mock-Degen photo by Fernando Pereira / Anefo, CC0