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David Bensoussan (born 1960) is an author and educator who has worked in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the École de technologie supérieure of the Université du Québec since 1980. Bensoussan is best known for his histories of the Jewish community of Morocco and for his leadership roles in the Sephardi Jewish community. He has served as President of the Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec (United Sefardic Community of Quebec).
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- Biography
- Civic involvement
- Writing
- Books
- References
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Biography
He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from McGill University.
Bensoussan was born in Mogador, and lived there until the family moved to a larger city when he was 8-years old. His family left Morocco to move to Israel in 1965 when he was a teenager. Bensoussan earned his first degree in Israel, and moved from Israel to Canada in 1976.
In addition to his work as a professor and occasional employment in the tech sector, Bensoussan is author of a self-published, 3 volume study of the Bible, La Bible Prise au Berceau, prefaced by biblical scholar André Chouraqui, in which he claims to have integrated historical, archaeological, and ethical analysis of the text.
Civic involvement
Until 2012, Bensoussan served as a sitting member of the Paul Martin and Stephen Harper government's Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security. Established in 2005, the panel brought together prominent members from a number of Canada's cultural communities and government officials in order to discuss policy and program issues, and to promote dialogue and strengthen understanding between the national authorities and its electorate.
Bensoussan actively supported Irwin Cotler when he stood for Parliament. He has served as vice president of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
Writing
Bensoussan won the Prix Haïm Zafrani, a literary prize, in 2012 for his 2010 book, Il était une fois le Maroc. A second edition of the book was published, with more lavish illustrations.
Bensoussan's books about and knowledge of the Jews of Morocco are referred to by the growing number of scholars and other groups interested in the history and ethnography of the Moroccan Jewish community. He has testified on the subject at Parliamentary inquires in Canada.
Bensoussan frequently publishes essays in La Presse.,Huffington Post Québec , La voix sépharade and many more.
Bensoussan has published two novels (La rosace du roi Salomon and L'énigme du roi Salomon), a memoir (Le fils de Mogador), two historical essays (L'Espagne des trois religions : grandeur et décadence de la convivencia and Il était une fois le Maroc), and, with Asher Knafo, an art book about illuminated Jewish marriage contracts (Mariage juif à Mogador).