오늘 중앙일보 오피니언 난에서 읽은 글 이다. 너무나 반가왔다. 

종래의 열등의식에 찌든 그런 것들이 아니었다. 당당한 자주독립국가 

엘리트들의 생각이었다. 

After all, Koreans are the 'survivor' like Jews!

Indeed, one Jewish thoracic surgeon at Richmond, Virginia I met when I rotated to the local Richmond Memorial Hospital, insisted Koreans are the lost tribe of Jew who escaped to the East based on his study/investigation including the food, lifestyle, music, and etc.

I simply laughed off, then but I started to find such similarity of the misery struggling to survive for thousand years to surprise me like 개밥에 도토리알. Indeed, I occasionally agree/understand why he believes Koreans are one of the Jewish descendants especially whenever my wife accused me of a 'spiritually' Jew whenever I fall deep into Yiddish music; such similarity with gut-wrenching cry Korean '창' like 심청전. I also noticed and even plain popular folksong like 정선 아리랑 shares similar feeling I enjoy double. So we created/showed a new diaspora but by Koreans this time to the world!

Bless Koreans though they are NOT a chosen people like Jews but who cares? Shalom Aleijem!!!

BB Lee

P.S. SHALOM ALEIJEM-KINDERLACH  https://youtu.be/jjCD0tb24AA

Forgot to explain on this ‘Shalom Aleichem’ though many already know it very well together with ‘Hava Nagila’ but it is a Jewish liturgical poem they sing every Friday night upon returning home from synagogue prayer. Indeed, it is a traditional song signaling the beginning of the Shabbat, welcoming the angels who accompany a person home on the eve of the Shabbat. It is now nearly universal, sung by Jews on Friday night, and can be found in the Torah as the most ancient Jewish prayer. BB Lee

I cannot download the attachments. So, I do not know what you are 

trying to say in the text, but I think "Asian American surgeons are as good as if not better

than white surgeon" has some racist connotations. I just don't think it is right to 

say any group classified by race is better or same as another in any set of skills in 

public. 
 

As an Anesthesiologist, I know Asian surgeons are better than white surgeons in general.

But there are exceptions just like any other thing. I wouldn't say it in public. 

Koreans are luckier than Jews. Koreans have their legitimate land, but Israelis don't.

Koreans and Israelis are second to none on survival.

The defiant attitude of Korean and Jewish women is surprisingly similar. 

https://youtu.be/hLvyZsR9b6g

이스라엘이 한국을 존경하는 이유

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kimchi-and-latkes-growing-korean-american_b_5628516

But today, thanks to rising Asian-Jewish intermarriage rates and more visibility (Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, most recently), Asian-American and Jewish pairings are far from exotic. It makes sense, especially in cities like Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco where the populations coexist in greater numbers. Generally speaking, Asians and Jews have a lot in common: a strong sense of family and culture, priorities on education and success, and troubled wartime histories. And let’s be honest, a Korean mother is basically a Jewish mother with a stronger accent.