The first Baghdadi Jew , Joseph Semah , moved to Bombay from Surat in 1730 .
The first member of the Bene Israel community to move from the Konkan villages south of Bombay to the city arrived in 1746 part of the Divekar family .
The first Baghdadi Jew , Joseph Semah , moved to Bombay from Surat in 1730 and the first member of the Bene Israel community to move from the Konkan villages south of Bombay to the city arrived in 1746 part of the Divekar family .