Jewish Community Of Mumbai
History of the Jews in Mumbai, India, began in the 18th century. The first "Baghdadi" Jew, Joseph Semah, moved to Mumbai from Surat in 1730 and the first member of the Bene Israel community to move from the Konkan villages south of Mumbai to the city arrived in 1749.
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