Doris Bensimon (also known as, Doris Bensimon-Donath; 1924 – 8 December 2009) was an Austrian-born French sociologist and academic whose research focused on the study of contemporary Judaism. She taught at the University of Caen and Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO). Early life and education Doris Donath was born in 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Her father was Robert Donath (born 12 June 1883, Vienna). After the Anschluss, the Donath family left Austria and removed to Antwerp, before coming to Lille, France, where it was protected by the Préfet du Nord. On 11 September 1942 Robert was deported by Convoy No. 31 to Auschwitz via Drancy internment camp, where he was killed, at age 59. With her mother, Bensimon took refuge in Lyon. Bensimon received a State doctorate. Career Bensimon became a researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) where she was responsible for the team working on the sociology of Judaism, within the Groupe de Sociologie des Religions ("Sociology Group of Religions"). She also became a professor at the University of Caen and at INALCO in Paris. Personal life Bensimon died on 8 December 2009 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. She is buried next to her husband, in the Cimetière parisien de Pantin. Selected works L'évolution de la femme israelite à Fès, 1962 Évolution du judaïsme marocain sous le protectorat français, 1912-1956, 1968 Immigrants d'Afrique du Nord en Israël : évolution et adaptation, 1970 Follow-up des anciens élèves des écoles juives à plein temps : rapport d'enquête, 1971 L'intégration des juifs nord-africains en France, 1971 Social integration of North African Jews in Israel, 1973 Les mariages mixtes., 1975 Judaïcité parisienne et migrations à la fin du XIXe et au début du XXe siècle., 1975 Education en Israel., 1976 Un mariage : deux traditions, 1977 Israel et ses populations, 1977 Communautés juives (1880-1978) : sources et méthodes de recherches, 1978 Socio-démographie des juifs de France et d'Algérie, 1867-1907, 1976 L'Irruption de l'Occident : les Juifs du Maroc., 1982 Mondeville : Changement social et vie quotidienne dans une banlieue ouvrière, 1983 La population juive de France : socio-démographie et identité, 1984 (with Sergio Della Pergola) Les Grandes rafles : juifs en France, 1940-1944, 1987 The teaching of Jewish civilization at European universities : report with maps and an inventory of institutions, 1988 Identité et acculturation, 1988 Israéliens : des juifs et des arabes, 1989 Judaïsme,