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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> | '''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> | ||
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 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> | 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> | ||
== Honours == | == Honours == | ||
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[[Category:Indian women medical doctors]] | [[Category:Indian women medical doctors]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian women scientists]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian women scientists]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine]] | ||