Elizabeth Taylor died Jewish : Buried according to Jewish custom

[muman613]

I just learned today that Elizabeth Taylor had converted to Judaism in order to marry her Jewish husband. She married two Jews during her life, Mike Todd and Eddie Fisher. I know she has done some very questionable things during her life including befriending anti-semite Michael Jackson and making gay marriage acceptable so I know she is not a righteous individual, but I think that it is interesting that in the end she was buried as a Jew. I also recently read that Elizabeth Taylor was not ashamed of being known as a zionist.

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/22717/Default.aspx

Elizabeth Taylor's pro-Israel record comes to light

Iconic American actress Elizabeth Taylor passed away on Wednesday at the age of 79. While most will remember Taylor as one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, few today recall that she was also a staunch supporter of Israel with a stellar track record of defending the Jewish state.

Taylor herself converted to Judaism in 1959. That same year, she purchased $100,000 in Israel Bonds, and helped sell an untold sum of Israel Bonds to others. The fledgling Jewish state was selling the bonds in a desperate effort to raise capital for the defense of the besieged nation.

In 1967, Taylor played a major role in raising $840,000 for Israel at a gala event in London. That same year, she cancelled a visit to Moscow after the Soviet Union harshly criticized Israel’s actions in the Six Day War.

In 1975, Taylor joined 59 other prominent women in signing a letter to then-UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim condemning the UN General Assembly’s equation of Zionism with racism.

A year later in 1976, Taylor offered to take the place of 104 Israelis and foreign Jews who were being held hostage by PLO terrorists at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport. She made the offer while in Israel fund-raising for the Jewish National Fund. The hostages were freed shortly after in a stunning IDF rescue operation.

In the following decades, as her star in Hollywood began to dim a little, Taylor visited Israel frequently. She became a close friend of former Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

During these later years, Taylor auctioned off her legendary collection of jewelry, and donated a sizable chunk of the earnings to the Israel War Victims Fund, one of her favorite charities.

[muman613]

http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20475993,00.html

Elizabeth Taylor, who converted to Judaism for her marriages to Mike Todd and Eddie Fisher, is following the rules of the religion by being buried soon after her death Wednesday.

The funeral for the star, who succumbed to congestive heart failure at age 79, is taking place at Forest Lawn, Glendale, on Thursday, say reports. It will be strictly for family members, including her 10 grandchildren.
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[mord]

Look here Muman she did even a bigger mitzvah               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Todd   








His son, Mike Jr., wanted his father's body to be cremated after it was identified through dental records[9] and brought to Albuquerque, but Taylor refused, saying he would not want cremation.[10][11] Todd was buried in Forest Park, Illinois at Beth Aaron Cemetery in plot 66[12], which is part of Jewish Waldheim there.[13][14] In his autobiography, Eddie Fisher, who considered himself to be Todd's best friend, stated:

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Yeah, a really good Jewess. What a pity.

[wonga66]

Rabbi Avigdor Miller of Flatbush in this instantly playing audio clip
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8820813540fb400f/
compares Elizabeth Taylor to "a big garbage can of steaming horse manure"!

[muman613]

As I pointed out there are reasons to be upset with her positions. But my only point in posting this is to look for the good in a person. She definately was pro-homosexual and idolized Michael Jackson, the antisemite...

[cjd]

As I pointed out there are reasons to be upset with her positions. But my only point in posting this is to look for the good in a person. She definately was pro-homosexual and idolized Michael Jackson, the antisemite...

She was a Hollywood actress nothing more... People like this are entertainers we should not expect them to be roll models also... She played a few good parts in the movies over the years lets remember her for that.

[wonga66]

Was her conversion for her marry to Eddy Fisher al pi halacha?

If not, then she enters Olam Habo as a plain English shiktza.

But if it was, then she enters as a Jewess. In which case, woe betide her, poor soul!

She was however a good actress playing eg. the Jewess Rebecca in "Ivanhoe"

[muman613]

Was her conversion for her marry to Eddy Fisher al pi halacha?

If not, then she enters Olam Habo as a plain English shiktza.

But if it was, then she enters as a Jewess. In which case, woe betide her, poor soul!

She was however a good actress playing eg. the Jewess Rebecca in "Ivanhoe"

I am not sure about the details of her conversion. I would assume it was a typical Hollywood conversion {not according to halacha}. But as I posted above she was very vocal in her support of Israel and for that I think she deserves some good words...

[cjd]

Was her conversion for her marry to Eddy Fisher al pi halacha?

If not, then she enters Olam Habo as a plain English shiktza.

But if it was, then she enters as a Jewess. In which case, woe betide her, poor soul!

She was however a good actress playing eg. the Jewess Rebecca in "Ivanhoe"

She played a great part in " Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" ... It's almost pointless wondering if she converted "pi halacha" because her life was not one that really followed any religious guidelines...  Even as a shiktza she will have plenty to answer for... Whatever the case it's in G-ds hands now... She will have to answer to him.

[syyuge]

Albeit she was not a righteous individual but a good actress and certainly not an adversary.

The era of my college days has certainly passed.

RIP....
 

[briann]

Compared to today's entertainers, I think she was a good person.

But yes, her association with a child molesting Islam convert was disturbing.

[Masha]

Her mother was only known by her stage name. I wouldn't be surprized if her mother were Jewish.

I recently learned that Marcello Mastroianni's mother was Jewish. So was Ingrid Berman's.

[mord]

Her mother was only known by her stage name. I wouldn't be surprized if her mother were Jewish.

I recently learned that Marcello Mastroianni's mother was Jewish. So was Ingrid Berman's.

I know about Mastroianni's  Mother didn't know about Bergman

[Masha]

I know about Mastroianni's  Mother didn't know about Bergman

Frieda Adler, a German Jew from Kiel.

[Rubystars]

I liked the Cleopatra movie

[wonga66]

" ZOA mourns Elizabeth Taylor, ardent Zionist

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) mourns the passing of legendary
American actress and ardent Zionist, Elizabeth Taylor, who
has passed away, aged 79. Ms. Taylor, who enjoyed a long and hugely
successful career in Hollywood, was converted to Judaism in 1959 by
the Rabbi Max Nussbaum, who served as National President of the ZOA from
1964 to 1966.
 
Among Elizabeth Taylor’s outstanding work on behalf of Israel and Jewish
causes was her participating in raising $840,000 for Israel in
a 1967 London gala and purchasing personally $100,000 in Israel Bonds in
1959. The same year, she cancelled a visit to Moscow after the
Soviet Union lashed out at Israel after the June 1967 Six Day War. In 1975,
she was one of 60 prominent women to sign a statement to
then-U..N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, condemning the U.N. General
Assembly’s infamous Zionism-is-Racism resolution. Taylor
offered herself as a hostage when 104 hostages aboard an Air France airbus
were hijacked by PLO terrorists and held at Uganda’s Entebbe
Airport, from which they rescued in a spectacular Israeli commando mission
on July 4, 1976, America’s 200th birthday. Taylor frequently
visited Israel and met with its leadership, including Prime Minister
Menachem Begin in 1983. In 1987, she signed a petition seeking the
release from Soviet incarceration of leading refusenik, Ida Nudel.
 
Elizabeth Taylor’s pro-Israel activism led to the banning of her films in
several Arab countries. After purchasing $100,000 in Israel Bonds
in 1959, the United Arab Republic (now Egypt) banned all her movies. Gen.
Essam Elmasri, head of the Cairo regional bureau of the Israel
Boycott Office, said that Miss Taylor would not be allowed to come to Egypt
because she has adopted the Jewish faith and “supports Israeli
causes.” Her movie, Cleopatra, was not permitted to be filmed in Egypt, but
in 1964, Egypt dropped her from its blacklist when it decided that
Cleopatra, which mentions Egypt 122 times, would be provide good publicity
for Egypt (Ami Eden, ‘In the JTA Archive: Liz Taylor says
trade me for Entebbe hostages,’ Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 23, 2011).
 
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “Elizabeth Taylor was not only
a wonderful actress but a wonderful Zionist. In the days of
vicious Arab boycotts stronger than those today, she could have taken a
self-interested line, as have many Jewish actors today, and failed
to speak up or support Israel or, worse, engaged in anti-Israel slanders and
other activities that harm Israel and aid its enemies,
but she didn’t. The ZOA is proud of its connection to Elizabeth Taylor and
expresses heartfelt condolences to her family and friends at her
passing. Her rabbi was Rabbi Max Nussbaum, of Temple Israel, Hollywood, who
was also a past National President of ZOA. Members of
Temple Israel included Al Jolson, Sammy Davis, Jr., Eddie Fisher, Eddie
Cantor, George Jessel and Leonard Nimoy, among numerous other
Hollywood celebrities. "

[TheCoon]

Interesting find. I've yet to hear one young Jewish actor or actress say a damn thing about Israel.