Doris Doctor, formerly of Cincinnati, was born in 1923 in Tubingen Germany, the daughter of Adolph and Hannah Bernheim, sister of John Bernheim, who all preceded her in death. Her parents and brother received affidavits through their cousin Ruth Bernheim, the granddaughter of Issac Mayer Wise. Doris was able to join them in Cincinnati by January of 1940. She attended night school at Hughes High School and received her high school diploma. She moved to New York City, met her husband, and returned to Cincinnati to start a family and build their lives together.Â
Doris and her husband Bernard were co-founders of Temple Shalom. She was involved in many volunteer activities including singing in the Temple choir, president of Lilah Chapter of Hadassah; serving as a docent at Hebrew Union College and the Cincinnati Art Museum; working at the Krohn Conservatory, and visiting the elderly.Â