International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
SOUTH KOREA
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Jewish Community of the Republic of Korea
GPO Box 7595
Seoul, Korea
Tel. 82 2 544 0834, Fax. 82 2 796 3808.
Lay leader: Larry Rosenberg, (82) (2)-793-3728, fax: (82 (2)-796-3808, larryr@soback.kornet21.net
http://amyisrael.co.il/asia/skorea/index.htm [January 2001]
"The first significant Jewish presence on the Korean peninsula appeared at the
time of the Korean War (1950-53). Hundreds of Jewish American GIs were members
of the armed forces which supported the anti-Communist government in resisting
the invasion from the North. The Jewish community of South Korea is essentially
a transient group concentrated in Seoul. Many of the Jews are soldiers and
officers who serve in the American force which is permanently stationed in South
Korea. There is also a handful of Jews who have come to live and work in South
Korea as business people or teachers. On shabbat and holidays, religious
services are led by a US Army chaplain at Yongsan Army Base in Seoul. " SOURCE:
Click on South Korea at
http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/comm_asia.html
[August 2005]
THE CEMETERIES
SEOUL:
Jewish Community of the Republic of Korea, GPO Box 7595, Seoul, Tel. 82 2 544 0834, Fax. 82 2 796 3808
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