The small but visible Jewish diaspora in India is steadily dwindling as Maharashtra’s close-knit community of Bene Israeli and Baghdadi Jews permanently plans to migrate to their holy country. Over time, a large number of 65,000 Jews who came to India has declined.
According to several reports, the Bene Israelis have lived in Maharashtra for the past 2,200 years. Their forefathers were shipwrecked in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, in Navigation. The majority of the community lived on the outskirts of Maharashtra and were introduced to the oil-pressing business.
Baghdadi Jews, unlike Bene Israelis, migrated in the eighteenth century, according to historians. Iraqi, Afghani, Arabic, and Persian-speaking Jews from Iraq, Basra, Mosul, and Syria have settled in the community.
Source: https://www.routedmagazine.com/indian-jews-migration-israel
