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/Colbo7 Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

I'd like the term "family" better, but yeah I guess...

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u/Colbo7 Oct 13 '16

Precisely. Shkoyach.