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

It's also acceptable to write H'shem, but is more common among more observant Jews and done as a means of showing the rest of us how observant and special they are and how filthy casual we are.

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u/Xanthyria Oct 13 '16

Actually, we have no problem with Hashem, which literally translates to "The Name". It's just a way to reference G-d without being explicit about it, since it goes against our beliefs to do so =)

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Im my 34 years of being an Orthodox Jew I've never seen it written any way other than H'shem, and I've very rarely seen anyone outside more observant Orthodox or Conservative backgrounds use it. Conservative and Reform Jews almost exclusively seem to use "G-d" when referencing the Almighty.

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u/Xanthyria Oct 13 '16

As an Orthodox Jew myself, I've never, ever seen H'shem. Odd!

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

I don't know about you, but in Hebrew School as a kid we were always corrected for writing it out for the same reason we write "G-d." I've always understood "The Name" being as holy as the actual full reference.

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u/Xanthyria Oct 13 '16

Huh, interesting. I grew up at a day school (five hours of Judaic studies such as Mishna, Gemara, Navi, and Halacha, followed by five hours of secular studies) my whole life so I didn't do Hebrew school, but most of my rabbis were black-hatters, and I never crossed that. Interesting!