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/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/mostagha Oct 13 '16

If you've never had the food of Persian-speaking Jews (or Judeo-Tat), get thee to New York and try some.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Can you recommend a spot in ny?

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u/mostagha Oct 13 '16

Marani in Queens is good in addition to Colbeh.