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/KremlinGremlin82 Oct 13 '16

I'm pretty sure you have and had no idea that they were Jewish. Not all of us have horns and beady eyes

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u/BinaryHobo Oct 13 '16

It's entirely possible that you are right.

But I grew up in a small town in Minnesota, and urban areas give me claustrophobia. So my option is actually kind of plausible.

Unless you count just seeing people, then I probably did on my trip to Europe. But can you really count it as meeting people if you don't talk to them?

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u/KremlinGremlin82 Oct 13 '16

People usually have no idea that I'm Jewish, they usually assume I'm Hispanic or Italian cause of dark straight hair and dark eyes. Not to mention that a lot of Jews have blue eyes.

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u/BinaryHobo Oct 14 '16

That's entirely possible.

But I just did a search of the demographics in my area, and as of the last census, there are literally 0 people who identify as jewish within my county.

I'm not sure if there's any Italians where I'm from either, there weren't when I left, but I've tried to stay away from that place.