Jerusha Jacob Jhirad FRCOG, MBE (21 March 1891 – 2 June 1984) was an Indian physician.
[1][4] She attended high school in Pune,[3] then Grant Medical College in Bombay, where she became a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery with an L.M.S.
[1] In England she studied at the London School of Medicine for Women (based at the Royal Free Hospital), re-qualified as a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) of the University of London in 1917[6] and went on to a doctorate (M.D.)
She wrote in favor of sex education and healthy recreational options to limit unplanned pregnancies.
[2] Jhirad was also a pioneer of Progressive Judaism; after attending mixed-gender prayers at the Jewish Religious Union (JRU), she returned to Mumbai and founded a JRU-affiliated congregation among the Bene Israel with her sister Leah in 1925.