Editing History of the Jews in Mumbai (section)

==Arrival in Bombay==
The first [[Baghdadi Jews|Baghdadi Jew]], Joseph Semah, moved to Bombay from [[Surat, Gujarat|Surat]] in 1730<ref>Lentin, Samuel Sifra (ed) Weil, Shalva. "The Jewish Presence in Bombay."''India's Jewish Heritage: Ritual, Art and Life-Cycle''. Mumbai: Marg Publications. 2009 [first published in 2002; 3rd edn.], pp. 22-35.</ref> and the first member of the [[Bene Israel]] community to move from the [[Konkan]] villages<ref>Weil, Shalva. ''The Jews from the Konkan: the Bene Israel Community of India''. TelAviv: Beth Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora. 1981.</ref> south of Bombay to the city arrived in 1746 part of the Divekar family.<ref>{{cite news | first = Shalva | last = Weil | title = Background: A rich history now stained with blood | date = 2008-11-30 | url = http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Background-A-rich-history-now-stained-with-blood | work = [[The Jerusalem Post]] | access-date = 2013-09-01}}</ref> In 1796 Samuel Ezekiel Divekar (1730-1797) established "The Gate of Mercy" synagogue.<ref>Weil, Shalva. 2009 'The Heritage and Legacy of Indian Jews' in Shalva Weil (ed.) India’s Jewish Heritage: Ritual, Art and Life-Cycle, Mumbai: Marg Publications [first published in 2002; 3rd edn.], pp. 8-21.
In the early 20th century, the Sasoon family sponsored the emigration of Jews from Baghdad to Mumbai. In Mumbai they set up a Jewish school and a number of synagogues.
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Weil, Shalva. 2008 'Jews in India', (3: 1204-1212); ' in M.Avrum Erlich (ed.) Encyclopaedia of the Jewish Diaspora, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC CLIO.11. 2010a 'Bombay'; 'Calcutta'; 'India'; 'Pakistan'; in Norman A. Stillman (ed.) Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, Leiden:Brill

Weil, Shalva. 2011 'Bene Israel', in Adele Berlin (Ed. in Chief) Oxford Dictionary of Jewish Religion, 2nd edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 131.

Weil, Shalva. 2011 'Bene Israel' in Judith Baskin (ed.) Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture, New York: Cambridge University Press. 59.

Weil, Shalva. 2013 "Jews of India"  in Raphael Patai and Haya Bar Itzhak (eds.)  Jewish Folklore and Traditions: A Multicultural Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, Inc. (1: 255-258)</ref>