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Why Koreans study Talmud

Many of 50 million South Koreans read collection of Jewish writings at home in bid to become ‘geniuses like the Jews,’ ambassador explains

Almost every house in South Korea has a translated Talmud. But unlike Israel, even Korean mothers study it and read from it to their young children.

Yes, in a country of almost 49 million people, many of whom believe in Buddhism and Christianity, there are more people who read the Talmud – or at least have a copy of it at home – than in the Jewish state. Much more.

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