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| name = Jerusha Jhirad<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1891|03|21}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1984|06|02|1891|03|21}}<br />
| death_place = India<br />
| occupation = Physician<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />
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'''Jerusha Jhirad''' (21 March 1891 – 2 June 1984) was an [[India]]n physician.<ref>Kirsh & Kirsh (2002), p. 40</ref><ref name=Purandare2012>{{Cite journal|last=Purandare|first=C. N.|last2=Patel|first2=Madhuri A.|last3=Balsarkar|first3=Geetha|date=June 2012|title=Indian Contribution to Obstetrics and Gynecology|journal=Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India|volume=62|issue=3|pages=266–267|doi=10.1007/s13224-012-0270-5|issn=0971-9202|pmc=3444562|pmid=23730027}}</ref><br />
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She was a member of the [[Bene Israel]] [[Jews|Jewish]] community.<ref>Kirsh & Kirsh (2002), p. 41</ref> She was the first woman to be granted a scholarship by the Indian government to study abroad.<ref>Kirsh & Kirsh (2002), p. 44</ref> She was a medical officer-in-charge of [[Cama Hospital]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref>Kirsh & Kirsh (2002), p. 47</ref> She was also a pioneer of [[Progressive Judaism]]; after attending mixed-gender prayers at the [[Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)|Jewish Religious Union]], she returned to Mumbai and founded a JRU-affiliated congregation among the Bene Israel with her sister Leah in 1925.<ref>[http://indianjews.org/en/research/jewish-sites-in-india/62-rodef-shalom-synagogue Maharashtra - Rodef Shalom Synagogue.]</ref><br />
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== Honours ==<br />
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In 1966, she was awarded the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>Kirsh & Kirsh (2002), p. 48</ref><br />
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The [[List of craters on Venus|Venusian crater]] Jhirad was named after her.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
* Sharon Kirsh, Florence Kirsh (2002). ''Fabulous Female Physicians''. Second Story Press. {{ISBN|1896764436}}.<br />
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