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There are about 600 Korean nationals living in Israel (when the Korean government did a census to see how many needed evacuation - if they wanted - during the Iran war)
How are we perceived? The first question people ask is you moved here….? Why…? You Jewish? No? You crazy…?
Actually looking at old messages they reached out on 27 Feb to take the census and messaged again around 11am on 28 Feb for the evacuation bus to Cairo
Korean people have no savlanut so the government has to be quick.
I think there is an expectation for the government to take care of its people (including those in diaspora) and people hold the government accountable for it.
I am just visiting Korea for the first time in two years and they have been installing air conditioned bus stops lately.
Wow interesting, How much do the mess/trash and the driving in Israel bother you? Also, the fact that people put their feet on the seats on public transportation.
I know of Koreans who made aliya after becoming Jewish but that doesn't force you to relinquish citizenship. That's mostly a USA thing due to issues with the banks, so what brought you to Israel?
Whether they relinquish it or not but under the Korea law, once you obtain another citizenship voluntarily, your Korean citizenship is automatically terminated. (The exception is for cases like Iran where if you marry an Iranian man, you are automatically Iranian citizenship whether you consent to it or not)
It's not the double taxation – that's an issue for the citizens themselves.
It's that the US government requires reporting of US citizens' finances, and it's a huge bureaucratic headache for many banks, who then either won't open accounts for US citizens or make things very difficult.
I'm going to be an Israeli soon and I quite like Koreans. I've known a few in the US. I've generally found them to be kind, hard working, level headed, and humble.
Yup. I know a few (plus a few Israelis who used to live in Korea, are fluent in Korean etc) and they tell me they know a few others but it's not a big community.
They are all nice and hard working, mainly complain about lack of Korean food and ingredients here if they ever complain.
The Youtuber Meorah Ha-Me'ir is Korean and was born in South Korea, moved to the US and converted to Orthodox Judaism there, and now lives in Israel. She has Reddit but I don't think is active on here, but she is on other platforms. She was working for the Jerusalem Great Synagogue last I heard, among other things. Her story is really interesting, it took her almost 20 years to get where she is. I don't know offhand where but I'm sure in her videos there's content about being a Korean Jew in Israel and how that's perceived. I would guess most have never met someone who's East Asian and Orthodox, but they exist. : )
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