a woman in ancient Israel who escapes the massacre at Masada, in Alice Hoffman's novel The Dovekeepers (2011) Yael Aronov, in John Sanford's novel Storm Front (2013) Yael "Yaeli" Ashkenazi, in the Netflix Original series When Heroes Fly Yael Baron, in the Netflix Original series Degrassi: Next Class Yael Hoffman, in the TV series Weeds Alice Jael Reasoner, also known as Jael, an assassin in Joanna Russ' novel The Female Man (1975) Yael from "Return to Me" by Lynn Austin See also Merkaz Yael, a village in Northern Israel, named in 1960 for the biblical figure References Hebrew feminine given names