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Slats  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How the Talmud Became a Best-Seller in South Korea

Fascinating read. Although I don't have any anecdotes pertaining to Jews, in one of the Korean variety shows I used to watch (a problem-solving type of thing) there was a running joke that one of the dudes who was good at math was an Indian. In another there was a joke that a tanned guy was Maori. Foreigners are all the rage in Korea these days, shows like Abnormal Summit where foreigners make up the fixed cast are very popular.