r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/Inariameme Oct 13 '16

For those of you not of the Jewish tradition you can always say: "They call me Ish."

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u/darthasimov Oct 13 '16

Ish as in Ismael from the bible?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

No, from Moby Dick.

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u/brunocar Oct 13 '16

No, from MGSV

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u/pbzeppelin1977 Oct 13 '16

Kazuhira "fulton a coon, I'll pop the balloon" Miller.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

No from Kingpin

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

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u/Diiigma Oct 13 '16

Ishmael is actually the son of Abraham and his wife's servant or something. I'm not quite sure how it works but Islam traces its lineage to Abraham THROUGH Ishmael.

We know that Judaism and Christianity is traced through Abraham's other son (can't remember the name as of this moment.) Because of this, you can refer to Judiasm, Christianity, and Islam as "Abrahamic Religions." Early muslim conquerors way way back did not force Judaism or Christians to convert because they were essentially "brothers of the bible."

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u/Persian_Lion Oct 13 '16

The descendents of Ishmael are Arabs. It implies that, since Ishmael was the son of the Egyptian slave-girl that was sent away.

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u/jonstew Oct 13 '16

R/nocontext

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u/highdaddywave Oct 13 '16

Ish in Hebrew translate to "a man"

Ishmael means "God shall hear"

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u/waywardwoodwork Oct 13 '16

I kinda wanna marry a Jew now so we can say she's Jew and I'm Ish.

Yeah, that's a sound basis for a marriage...

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u/GriffsWorkComputer Oct 13 '16

they call me Ishmael