The new Dutch Cabinet, sworn in last Saturday, has one Jewish member, as was the case in the outgoing Cabinet. He is Mox Rood, a professor of law at Leyden University, who will serve as Minister of Interior.
Rood is Jewish on his mother’s side and is linked thereby to a prominent Orthodox family of Amsterdam. But he has not been active in Jewish affairs. A member of the “Democrats 66” party, which is left of center, he served for several years as chairman of the Humanist League in Holland. The Jewish member of the last Cabinet was Eduard Van Thijn, a Laborite.
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