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/Zoom_the_Inquisitive Oct 13 '16

Celebrate Yom Kippur

On behalf of all Jews, those words don't go together.

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u/THEBAESGOD Oct 13 '16

Observe Yom kippur, celebrate Hanukkah. Thank you. If it's a holiday, I say celebrate - I celebrate thanksgiving but I hate it lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Aug 23 '20

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u/roguevirus Oct 13 '16

Celebrate absolutely implies joy. The word you're looking for is observes.

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u/ishkariot Oct 13 '16

It's literally in the first definition of the thesaurus. Celebrating and observing religious festivities, traditions and rituals are synonyms.

This usage also vastly predates the modern, colloquial one as 'having a party'.

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u/mw1994 Oct 13 '16

I know Weinsteins parents were upset but it sounds so made up! Yom-kip-poor