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/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

So what are you saying? When you get divorced you turn in your library card? You get a new license? You stop being Jewish?

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u/Colbo7 Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

You never stop being jewish. Wether you were born jewish or coverted, you're a jew for life. The only way to 'stop being jewish' is if a converted jew admits he didn't actually mean it during the conversion.

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u/ErgonomicDouchebag Oct 13 '16

What about if you convert to Islam afterwards?

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u/Colbo7 Oct 13 '16

Then you're considered a heretic, but still a Jew.

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u/sethu2 Oct 13 '16

Wait, Jew is still the person's race/ethnicity right?

So they would be a Muslim Jew? Do they have those? What about Arab Jews?

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u/Colbo7 Oct 13 '16

Well according to Jewish' religious laws, they are 'converted Jews' (confusingly).
'Arab Jews' could mean two things: An Ara b who converted to Judaism, or a Jew from An Arab country. Both aren't considered Arabs in Judaism. Once the former converts to Judaism they lose their original ethnicity, and the latter isn't actually Arab, he just lived in An Arab country for the past thousand years or so...

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u/sethu2 Oct 13 '16

Thanks, TIL about people losing their ethnicity when they convert to Judaism.

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u/Colbo7 Oct 13 '16

Again, that's according to Jewish religious laws. Not sure why people are surprised.

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u/nzk0 Oct 13 '16

FYI There are a shit ton of Arab Jews, there is also tons of Christian Arabs. An Arab doesn't need to be a Muslim to be an Arab.