tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post6351738857630397160..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Elizabeth Taylor: Crossing bordersElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-80798145264938172252023-03-13T19:54:41.324-04:002023-03-13T19:54:41.324-04:00I've read this, embarrassingly, a million time...I've read this, embarrassingly, a million times since Elizabeth K posted it. It's one of the sermons I'm most contented with, and I'm still amazed, 12 years later, that the key issue the comments noticed was whether Elizabeth Taylor was Jewish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-22958652659822688422011-03-29T09:44:40.613-04:002011-03-29T09:44:40.613-04:00I've since read this, Erp. Wiki says she was v...I've since read this, Erp. Wiki says she was very much pro-Israel and that Egypt forbid her to finish filming Cleopatra because she was Jewish. However, Israel forbid her from marrying Richard Burton there b/c he was not Jewish.<br /><br />May she rest in peace and rise in glory.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-67854846848913809992011-03-29T02:21:12.256-04:002011-03-29T02:21:12.256-04:00She was buried within about a day as per Jewish cu...She was buried within about a day as per Jewish custom and it was presided over by a rabbi. Not Orthodox but not strictly secular either.<br /><br />She did stand by her friends even as others turned their backs on them.Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-69828318762292078822011-03-27T19:53:30.382-04:002011-03-27T19:53:30.382-04:00Amen.Amen.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446216858079895691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-29425443623919215402011-03-27T19:44:23.090-04:002011-03-27T19:44:23.090-04:00JCF - I do believe she never renounced her convers...JCF - I do believe she never renounced her conversion to Judaism but I seriously doubt her funeral was a Jewish one. I'm thinking that it was more generic but very gracious and classy.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-69234050776161436022011-03-27T19:43:15.702-04:002011-03-27T19:43:15.702-04:00You are most welcome, Nancy. I'm so proud to s...You are most welcome, Nancy. I'm so proud to say that Thomas is an EDS alum.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-29053557534522044742011-03-27T18:49:19.880-04:002011-03-27T18:49:19.880-04:00Now, I have no idea about Taylor’s spiritual life,...<i>Now, I have no idea about Taylor’s spiritual life, her faith in God, or her attitudes toward Christianity.</i><br /><br />Well I know she converted to Judaism (many years ago), and was buried as same.<br /><br />Sleep in the arms of the Holy One, Liz. Your good works will live after you!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-42018940347559527012011-03-27T18:30:24.720-04:002011-03-27T18:30:24.720-04:00Elizabeth, Thanks for sharing Thomas' powerful...Elizabeth, Thanks for sharing Thomas' powerful words.Nancy Davidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811451512273594004noreply@blogger.com