Jerusha Jhirad

Jerusha Jhirad (March 21, 1891 – June 2, 1984) was an Indian physician.

She was a member of the Bene Israel Jewish community. She was the first woman to be granted a scholarship by the Indian government to study abroad. She was medical officer-in-charge of Cama Hospital in Mumbai. She was also a pioneer of Progressive Judaism; after attending mixed-gender prayers at the Jewish Religious Union, she returned to Mumbay and founded a JRU-affiliated congregation among the Bene Israel with her sister Leah in 1925.