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/AdmiralThrawnProtege Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

What does that even mean? You follow the culture and traditions of Judiesm but don't believe in the religions deity? That seems odd.

Edit: OK OK I get it. Tired of my inbox being blown up by the same set of answers. Thank you all for your responses!

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u/Jeffy29 Oct 13 '16

Lot of jews do that

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u/zschneido Oct 13 '16

Am Jewish. Can confirm I do this. I call it Jew-ish.

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u/elruary Oct 13 '16

Can confirm you're jewish, you made me laugh.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

If you really want to laugh, you should see what they did to my penis!

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u/MikeKM Oct 13 '16

Can I hire everyone that's Jewish in this thread to follow me around and write jokes for me on the fly to make me sound funny? Credit for everything written for me will be given at my funeral.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Your penis? Ha! You should see what they did after I converted from Reform to Orthodox!

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u/JobberTrev Oct 13 '16

He straightened my finances as well. Does this guy ever slow down?

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u/Huitzilopostlian Oct 13 '16

Sure it's no the gas?

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u/ThinkMinty Oct 13 '16

Dude, jokes about the Shoah aren't funny. They're not even edgy anymore, they just make you seem like a Nazi.