Where do the buddhists go?

No, judaism does not have a hell. The closest that is comes to is more like the Catholic Purgatory, where some jews believe unrightous souls are purified for up to a year. The discussion about that the afterlife consists of is not really part of the Jewish dogma. The orthodox generallly believe in a very ill defined 'world to come', while some groups believe in reincarnation, and others don't beleive in an afterlife at all.

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The term that is translated as 'hell' is more "sheol" which is more accurately 'the grave'.There is no eternal hell in Judiasm. The mainstream belief is that when
someone dies, their soul might be 'purified' for up to a year, then join god in the world to come. Those that are too evil to be purified are granted obliviation.The references you think are of hell are to a large extent mistranslations with a difference concept associated with those translations.The translation of Psalm 9:17-18 from the 1985 verison of the JPS is The commentary from the Jewish Study Bible specifically says about
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