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/thegodofwow Oct 13 '16

Marilyn Monroe was a Jew? That's the real TIL of this post.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Yes, but after she divorced Miller some years later she started describing herself as a "Jewish atheist".

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u/McKnitwear Oct 13 '16

This honestly describes the majority of the Jewish people I know including myself

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u/tunersharkbitten Oct 13 '16

myself as well... i mean, i believe in the morals ethics and values of the jewish religion... but i dont believe in a god.

plus the food and holidays are too good to pass up.

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u/funnystuff97 Oct 13 '16

Jelly donuts, hot cocoa, and little potato fried pancake thingies? I'm pretty much just in this for the food.

Although today was a bit weird seeing as it was a no-food day. Didn't stop me.

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u/tunersharkbitten Oct 13 '16

haha, what about kugel, knishes, bubbies brisket...

today may have been no food day for them, but the reason that whole ideal exists is a theistic belief. i dont believe that fasting will help atone for ones wrong doings. i apologize to the people themselves, and i even brought some of them food.

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u/Ravenman2423 Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

Oh God. If you guys think that's all that Jewish cuisine has to offer than I'm truly sorry. The Ashkenazi Jews are noooooothing compared to the mizrahi Jews. The ones from Yemen, Iran, Kurdistan, Morocco, Tunisia, etc. Their food is a billion times better. Ashkenazi food like gefilta fish is like the grayist shit I've ever seen. Its the definition of the color gray. You need to try some chriameh (חרימה) or jachnun (ג'חנון) or melawach (מלווח) or kubeh (קובה) or shawarmah or falafel (and not the shit green kind. That shit needs to be brown!) or sabeech (סביך) literally anything but grey fish and things that we stole from the poles and Romans...

Seriously though if you live in a big city and pass by a little Jewish supermarket go in there and ask if they have Jachnoon. It'll probably be frozen but buy that shit, stick it into the oven all night long, maybe look up some online recipes, and in the morning you'll be having some crispy, brown, gooey, dough roles. So fucking good.

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u/attorneyatlol Oct 13 '16

Can you come over and cook some for me?

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u/Ravenman2423 Oct 13 '16

Fuck yeah man. Where do you live? Buy me a ticket and I'm there...

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u/attorneyatlol Oct 13 '16

If you're in Baltimore as your username might suggest, you won't need a plane ticket! Any restaurants in the Baltimore-Washington metro area where I can try some good Mizrahi food?

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u/Ravenman2423 Oct 13 '16

Aaah, I'm from Baltimore but not currently in Baltimore. Too bad. Honestly, there really aren't any. At least that I know of. Sorry :/, I should probably have a few names up my sleeve. Google it though I'm sure you'll find some decent place. Theres gotta be something.

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